Máquinas y arte-sanos

Bibliographic Data

ID15530825
AuthorsHugo Spinelli (0000-0001-5021-6377, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue3
Pages483-483
Publication date2018-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
PublisherInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2018.1823
PMID30517559
OpenAlexW2897481641
LanguageES
Citations received3
References cited31

This work discusses the dominant models and tensions within the health field regarding the conceptualization of the human body (as a machine), the process of health work (industrial and artisanal models), institutions (hospitals and health centers) and primary agents (the medical corporation and the medical industrial complex). The context of analysis is the United States from the end of the 19th century to the present. Economic-political, ideological-cultural, and scientific-technical dimensions are discussed, which permeate the historicity of the field. The purpose is to illustrate how the health field has transformed over time, as well as the role instrumental reason and financial capital has played in this process, to the detriment of relational aspects

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