HLTH245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Birth Of The Clinic, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Flag Of Canada
26 Mar 2019
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Sacred knowledge and values possessed by people in different societies and profance ie, the canadian flag. Medical gaze (foucault, 2917) - ability for medicine to have access to the body; process of depersonalization of disease and the role of medical experts gaining power over individuals. Government and regulation -> realizing the importance of medicine in our world. Medical dominance (freidson, 1970); physicians have power due to their knowledge; medical knowledge = absolute. Diagnostic imperialism (illich, 1976); legitimacy of illness being granted by physicians; only people that can give diagnosis is physicians. Medicalization - is the process by which non medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems in terms of illness and disorders. Attaching a condition to a problem ie, diagnosis of adhd. Conceptual - looking at the problem and giving it a medical name/medical vocabulary. Institutional - where organizations approach the problem as medical.
