A topic that interests me a lot is the idea of bio-Medicalization. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this term, it “describes the increasingly complex multisited, multidirectional processes of Medicalization, both extended and reconstituted through the new social forms of highly techno-scientific biomedicine” (American Sociological Review, 2003). Basically it’s an in depth understanding of an individual’s natural biology, there aging process and cosmetic issues on how biomedicine is the means of curing any insecurity. My professor provided our class with a review which discusses bio-medicalization and its impact today. The article is pretty interesting, take a look at it and see if you can make any connections to the idea of Hegemony.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1519765
If you are interested in the full article let me know and ill send it via e-mail.
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