SOC 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Quackery, Menopause, Biomedicine
29 Oct 2012
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A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine . A set of techniques: non-invasive, largely about lifestyle. A set of beliefs: something that is natural is better than something that is artificially created, the body is able to do a lot of healing for itself. Use natural therapeutic techniques: natural does not always mean it"s good or that it is. Popular health care: things you don"t need a referral or professional for, stuff that you can do on your own. Folk health care: something that gets passed down. Those who have had bad experience with allopathic medicine. Women: in terms of menopause, pregnancy, periods this kind of medicine is older than allopathic medicine. Drugs: people are starting to question how much they need and whether or not they need. Chronic disease: people build up a tolerance for a drug that it no longer works.
