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Anti-aging movement
The anti-aging movement is a social movement of physicians and other health providers and patients, usually aging and wealthy, who are engaged in an assault on the effects of aging.
The anti-aging movement is a social movement of physicians and other health providers and patients, usually aging and wealthy, who are engaged in an assault on the effects of aging.
Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany
After German doctors became the first to identify the link between smoking and lung cancer, Nazi Germany initiated a strong anti-tobacco movement and led the first public anti-smoking campaign i...
After German doctors became the first to identify the link between smoking and lung cancer, Nazi Germany initiated a strong anti-tobacco movement and led the first public anti-smoking campaign i...
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network or ASAN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization for individuals on the Autism spectrum, and is run by Autistic people.
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network or ASAN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization for individuals on the Autism spectrum, and is run by Autistic people.
Birth control movement in the United States
The birth control movement in the United States was a social reform campaign to make contraception legal in America.
The birth control movement in the United States was a social reform campaign to make contraception legal in America.
Co-counselling
Co-counseling (spelled co-counseling in American English) is a grassroots, low-cost method of personal change based on reciprocal peer counseling.
Co-counseling (spelled co-counseling in American English) is a grassroots, low-cost method of personal change based on reciprocal peer counseling.
Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement
The Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement, also known as the User/Survivor Movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
The Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement, also known as the User/Survivor Movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
Consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement
The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the user/survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the user/survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to the manipulatio...
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to the manipulatio...
Eugenics in the United States
Eugenics the social movement claiming to improve the genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization, based on the idea that it is possible to distinguish betw...
Eugenics the social movement claiming to improve the genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization, based on the idea that it is possible to distinguish betw...
History of the birth control movement in the United States
The birth control movement in the United States was social reform campaign, lasting three decades, to make contraception legal in America.
The birth control movement in the United States was social reform campaign, lasting three decades, to make contraception legal in America.
Liberal eugenics
Liberal eugenics is an ideology which advocates the use of reproductive and genetic technologies where the choice of enhancing human characteristics and capacities is left to the individual pre...
Liberal eugenics is an ideology which advocates the use of reproductive and genetic technologies where the choice of enhancing human characteristics and capacities is left to the individual pre...
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity is an idea which asserts that atypical neurological development is a normal difference that is to be recognized and respected as any other biological variation.
Neurodiversity is an idea which asserts that atypical neurological development is a normal difference that is to be recognized and respected as any other biological variation.
North Carolina Eugenics Board
The North Carolina Eugenics Board operated from 1933 to 1977 as an experiment in eugenics, a type of genetic engineering once considered a legitimate way to keep welfare rolls small, stop pover...
The North Carolina Eugenics Board operated from 1933 to 1977 as an experiment in eugenics, a type of genetic engineering once considered a legitimate way to keep welfare rolls small, stop pover...
Popular Health Movement
The Popular Health Movement of the 1830s–1850s was an aspect of Jacksonian-era politics and society in the United States.
The Popular Health Movement of the 1830s–1850s was an aspect of Jacksonian-era politics and society in the United States.
Psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement
The psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the psychiatric survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of ment...
The psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the psychiatric survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of ment...
Psychiatric survivors movement
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
Social hygiene movement
The social or mental hygiene movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an attempt by Progressive-era reformers to control venereal disease, regulate prostitution and vice, and...
The social or mental hygiene movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an attempt by Progressive-era reformers to control venereal disease, regulate prostitution and vice, and...
Tobacco control movement
The tobacco control movement refers to organizations opposed to smoking or that advocate strict regulation of tobacco products due to their associated health risks and addictive potential.
The tobacco control movement refers to organizations opposed to smoking or that advocate strict regulation of tobacco products due to their associated health risks and addictive potential.
Wallace Kuralt
Wallace Kuralt was an influential North Carolina government bureaucrat who spearheaded the implementation of eugenics policies in that state.
Wallace Kuralt was an influential North Carolina government bureaucrat who spearheaded the implementation of eugenics policies in that state.