Exploring Biomedicalization Through Complementary and Alternative Medicine in a Postsocialist Context

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Klepal, Jaroslav - Stöckelová, Tereza
Exploring Biomedicalization Through Complementary and Alternative Medicine in a Postsocialist Context.
Medical Anthropology. Roč. 37, č. 5 (2018), s. 412-425. ISSN 0145-9740. E-ISSN 1545-5882
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA15-16452S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378025
Klíčová slova: Czech Republic * biomedicalization * biomedicine
Obor OECD: Sociology
Impakt faktor: 1.457, rok: 2018
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2018.1473395

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.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0290709