A Biomedicalização De Corpos Brasileiros
Perspectivas Antropológicas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3102023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilana Löwy (0000-0001-6963-0578), Emilia Sanabria (0000-0002-5595-7905) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-18 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702016000100002 |
| PMID | 27008071 |
| OpenAlex | W2304449713 |
| SciELO | S0104-59702016000100011 |
| Language | PT |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
This special issue brings together work on the "biomedicalization" of Brazilian bodies, examining the way biomedical techniques are taken up across the divergent structural constraints afforded by private and public health in Brazil. Biomedicalization -or "technoscientific interventions in biomedical diagnostics, treatments, practices, and health to exert more and faster transformations of bodies, selves, and lives" 1 -forms an assemblage that is both global and highly local. Our aim is to interrogate this phenomenon from Brazil
Geography · Sociology · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Science and Education Research
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |