Exploring Biomedicalization Through Complementary and Alternative Medicine in a Postsocialist Context

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ID4564450
AuthorsJaroslav Klepal (0000-0001-9502-2576, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author), Tereza Stöckelová (0000-0001-9251-7987, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology)
Year2018
Volume37
Issue5
Pages412-425
Publication date2018-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2018.1473395
PMID29924640
OpenAlexW2901922506
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited26

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

Biomedicine · Context (archaeology · Czech · Epistemology · Political science · Relation (database · Sign (mathematics · Sociology · Transformative learning · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · History · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease · Philosophy

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