Lecture 6: What does it mean for health care systems?

Question 1

What is biopower?

Answer 1

numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the control of individuals and populations

Question 2

What is biopower a theory of?

Answer 2

how social power operates in society, not through blatant force but persuasively and almost unnoticed

Question 3

Along what two major axes does biopower operate?

Answer 3

• at the level of large populations of people

- at the individual level

Question 4

What are technologies of the self?

Answer 4

varied sets of practices that we take up to try and manage our lives well, to be responsible for our health, to be a good citizen

Question 5

What is the intersectional theory in relation to health?

Studying ________ and ________ at different intersections of ________, social ________, processes of ________ or ________, and policies or ________ _______

Answer 5

studying health and disease at different intersections of identity, social position, processes of oppression or privilege, and policies or institutional practices