Exploring Biomedicalization Through Complementary and Alternative Medicine in a Postsocialist Context.
Med Anthropol
; 37(5): 412-425, 2018 07.
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ABSTRACT
Drawing on fieldwork in the postsocialist Czech Republic, we explore the transformative processes of biomedicalization, both within and in relation to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). We argue that it would be simplistic to understand evidence of these processes in CAM as a sign that CAM has fallen prey to biomedicine. Instead, we show how particular CAM practices play a groundbreaking role in shaping developments in contemporary health care. In this respect, we question the utility of the concept of biomedicalization, arguing that it reduces the transformative processes to aspects of biomedicine.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Socialismo
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Terapias Complementarias
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Medicalización
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Anthropol
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
República Checa