Biomedicalization: Technoscientific Transformations of Health, Illness, and U.S. Biomedicine

20031,547 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Adele E. Clarke · University of California, San Francisco

Laura Mamo · University of Maryland, College Park

Jennifer R. Fishman · University of California, San Francisco

Janet K. Shim · University of California, San Francisco

Jennifer Ruth Fosket · University of California, San Francisco

Abstract

Adele E. Clarke, Janet K. Shim, Laura Mamo, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, Jennifer R. Fishman, Biomedicalization: Technoscientific Transformations of Health, Illness, and U.S. Biomedicine, American Sociological Review, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr., 2003), pp. 161-194

Topics & Keywords

Empathy and Medical Education Mental Health and Psychiatry Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare

Publication Details

Published in: American Sociological Review

Volume 68, Issue 2, pp. 161-161

DOI: 10.2307/1519765

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 13.69

Command Palette

Biomedicalization: Technoscientific Transformations of Health, Illness, and U.S. Biomedicine

Authors

Abstract

Topics & Keywords

Publication Details