ANTC61H3 Lecture Notes - Cochlear Implant, Biomedicine, Tai Chi
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Antc61 lec 2 tuesday, may 14th, 2013. Dr should be aware of what patient is doing outside of medical things. What does illness mean for ant, and how it"s diff from biomedical perspective. Paper due- may 21st, work with something you can write more about later. 80 y/o grandpa had parkinsons etc, but considered healthy for his age: cochlear implants for death - Some considered healthy, nothing wrong with being death should they have the implant: being alive well, alberta eugenics movement low iq = disabled and sterilized (can"t have children) Kleinman"s contributions: assumed superiority of biomedical knowledge, biomedical knowledge is always historically contingent (leechcraft) Medicine is always changing what is medical now may not be later on: superior ways of knowing the body imaging technologies. Cat scans, mri, ultra sound, blood work. Baby due dates- mothers predict due dates better than ultra sounds. Can"t always give technology superiority to understanding bodies: biomedicine is objective and unbiased.
