SOSA 2503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Biomedicine, Scientism, Diminishing Returns
2 Dec 2014
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Assumptions of the biomedical model the machine metaphor of the body the idea that the body is like a machine with pieces that work together and pieces of it can be repaired. Breaking a bone something put on it so it can function as normal again. Another example would be organ transplants and ultrasounds of the inside of women- different people taking turns in learning hospital and one doctor says think of it like a stick shift" the technological imperative. Imperative is important technology is very important in western society. The idea of the imperative is that you need high tech equipment for medicine now. Higher tech the better for treating illness. the patient as passive vessel. Idea from foucault clinical gaze: how doctors look at patients in a mechanical way instead of looking at how the patient is feeling. The physician has to get past" the patient to figure out the problem. mind-body dualism.
