U.5 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MEDICINES Flashcards
A medicine is a substance with the power to…
transform bodies.
Medicines are closely linked to..
the history of humanity
Característics of medicines:
- Transformative power
- Beneficial or harmful
- Effect over bodies and power over minds
- Substances
Medicines are products with economic significance and resources with…
political connotations
Medicines are powerful symbols that give..
hope
In medicines we have to difference between their chemical and pharmaceutical properties and their..
social and cultural interpretations.
Medidines are symbolicaly and culturally..
structured responses
Substances become significant within a..
cultural context
The spread of inductrial medicines is a example of…
globalization.
The social effectiveness of medicines has to do with what they..
offer and take from people and their social relationships.
How is name the study of the connoections between social and cultural processes. which includes scientific knowledge, symbols and beliefs, politics…?
pharmaceutical anthropology.
In medicines what is dialectically united?
popularity and skepticism.
Medicines have their popularity in..
producers, sellers, doctors and comsumers.
Producers, sellers, doctors and comsumers are levels..
imposible to separate.
The popularity comes from the practical esperiences that medicines..
work.