Bøker av Mikael (Stockholm University Holmqvist

Explores how a social welfare organization becomes a self-evident phenomenon by medicalizing its environment, a way of solving social problems by treating them as medical problems. This work generates an understanding of how institutionalization of organizations comes about and contributes an insight to the area of social welfare policies.

The corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. This title argues that this narrow focus, and the typical uncritical standpoint towards initiatives which are taken in the name of employees' health, is inadequate.