Abstract
It is probably the case that most sociologists interest in the field of medical sociology have heard of the term "medicalization". While medicalizetion is not of the generally used terms of medical sociology since 1970s and has been abounded with a lot of different usages, however, the term has not yet been properly reviewed. By reconstructing the research contextes and issues about medicalization, on the one hand, this paper tries to concentrate on the arguments between those proposing determinism (the medicalizationinsts) and those proposing agency (the de-medicalizationists) and points to some flaws and misunderstandings within the arguments. The problem of value-driven in most researches is discussed thoroughtly. On the other, a phenomenological framework, focuses on the temporary dimension of the medicalizing process, is elaborated to re-articulate the medicalizationists/de-medizalizationsts conflicts and clarify the mechanism in the process. Besides, the relationships between analysis and judgement are discussed.