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La medicalización de la vida: hibridaciones ante la dicotomía Naturaleza/Cultura / The medicalization of life: hybrids against the dichotomy Nature/Culture
Sy, Anahi.
  • Sy, Anahi; Universidad Nacional de Lanús. Instituto de Salud Colectiva. AR
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) ; 23(5): 1531-1539, Mai. 2018. graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-890578
RESUMEN
Resumen Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el proceso de medicalización en las sociedades actuales, a partir de la descripción de la forma en que la medicina se ha ido apropiando gradualmente de diversos aspectos de la vida cotidiana que antes formaban parte del ciclo de vida de las personas. Teóricamente, partimos de autores como Descola y Latour quienes problematizan la dicotomía entre Naturaleza y cultura, planteando la necesidad de pensar desde una episteme superadora. Metodológicamente, dicha propuesta teórica habilita un análisis de la medicalización que ilumina lo que se oculta desde el discurso y la prácticas biomédicas: los procesos socioculturales, políticos y económicos que forman parte de tales "objetos" de la medicina. La presentación de los mismos como "hechos cientificos" objetivamente aislables y manipulables por parte de la ciencia médica entra en crisis desde esta perspectiva. Así, nuestro análisis, al partir del concepto de "cuasi -objetos" o "híbridos" problematiza tal objetivación a la vez que aporta herramientas críticas para reflexionar acerca de la medicalización de la vida en las sociedades actuales.
ABSTRACT
Abstract This paper aims to analyze the process of medicalization in current societies, starting from the description of the way in which medicine gradually appropriated various aspects of everyday life that were once part of the life cycle of people. At the theoretical level, we are based on authors such as Descola and Latour, who problematize the dichotomy between Nature and Culture, and propose the need to think from a superior episteme. Methodologically, this theoretical proposal enables an analysis of the medicalization that can illuminate what is hidden in the discourse and biomedical practices: the sociocultural, political and economic processes that are part of these "objects" of Medicine. From this perspective, the presentation of them as scientific facts, objectively isolatable and manipulable by medical science, is in crisis. Thus, our analysis, based on the concept of "quasi-objects" or "hybrids", problematizes such objectification, while providing critical tools to reflect on the medicalization of life in today's societies.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Culture / Medicalization / Models, Theoretical Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Nacional de Lanús/AR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Culture / Medicalization / Models, Theoretical Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Nacional de Lanús/AR