articleAmerican Sociological ReviewApr 1, 2003Closed access

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

AEAdele E. ClarkeLMLaura MamoJRJennifer R. FishmanJKJanet K. ShimJRJennifer Ruth Fosket

University of California, San Francisco · University of Maryland, College Park

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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

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  • Biomedicine
  • Sociology of health and illness
  • Sociology
  • Political science
  • Health care
  • Biology
  • Law
  • Bioinformatics
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