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The Challenge of Infectious Diseases to the Biomedical Paradigm

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ID20359647
AuthorsGuillermo Foladori (0000-0002-7441-3233, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas", corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume25
Issue2
Pages145-158
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Science Technology & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0270-4676 • E-ISSN: 1552-4183
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0270467604274337
OpenAlexW2016651191
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited43

The resurgence of infectious diseases and the emergence of infectious diseases raise questions on how to cope with the situation. The germ or clinical approach is the hegemonic biomedical paradigm. In this article, the author argues that the spread of infectious diseases has posted a challenge to the biomedical paradigm and shows how lock-in procedures maintain alternative and complementary medicine paradigms in the backyard

Disease · Epistemology · Germ theory of disease · Hegemony · Paradigm shift · Pathology · Political science · Politics · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,1
Citation span2005 - 2013 (9)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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