question archive In the article by Joel Lexchin "Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile Dysfunction," he makes the argument that Viagra is a "lifestyle drug
In the article by Joel Lexchin "Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile Dysfunction," he makes the argument that Viagra is a "lifestyle drug
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In the article by Joel Lexchin "Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile
Dysfunction," he makes the argument that Viagra is a "lifestyle drug." What does he
mean by this?
In the same article, he goes on to note that "enhancement" involves a central debate over
what the definition of health is, asking "Do we accept our limitations with grace, or is it
legitimate to seek technological solutions for them?" At the heart of this debate,
according to Lexchin, is that social and mental well-being are tied not only to physical
health, but to what our expectations of life are. Sociologically, how can we interpret this
through the lens of the medicalization of everyday life?
