Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S. - Couverture souple

 
9780822345701: Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S.
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0822345706 ISBN 13 : 9780822345701
Editeur : Duke University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The rise of Western scientific medicine fully established the medical sector of the U.S. political economy by the end of the Second World War, the first "social transformation of American medicine." Then, in an ongoing process called medicalization, the jurisdiction of medicine began expanding, redefining certain areas once deemed moral, social, or legal problems (such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and obesity) as medical problems. The editors of this important collection argue that since the mid-1980s, dramatic, and especially technoscientific, changes in the constitution, organization, and practices of contemporary biomedicine have coalesced into biomedicalization, the second major transformation of American medicine. This volume offers in-depth analyses and case studies along with the groundbreaking essay in which the editors first elaborated their theory of biomedicalization.

Contributors. Natalie Boero, Adele E. Clarke, Jennifer R. Fishman, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, Kelly Joyce, Jonathan Kahn, Laura Mamo, Jackie Orr, Elianne Riska, Janet K. Shim, Sara Shostak

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À propos de l?auteur

Adele E. Clarke is Professor of Sociology and History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Laura Mamo is Associate Professor at the Health Equity Institute for Research, Practice, and Policy at San Francisco State University.

Jennifer Ruth Fosket is a principal and founder of Social Green, where she does research and writes on the intersections of health, the built environment, and sustainability.

Jennifer R. Fishman is Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine Department at McGill University.

Janet K. Shim is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Éditeur
Duke University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0822345706
ISBN 13 
9780822345701
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
512
Éditeur
Clarke
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780822345534: Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in the U.S.

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0822345536 ISBN 13 :  9780822345534
Editeur : Duke University Press, 2010
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