Biomedicalization : technoscience, health, and illness in the U.S.

@inproceedings{Clarke2009BiomedicalizationT,
  title={Biomedicalization : technoscience, health, and illness in the U.S.},
  author={Adele E. Clarke and Laura Mamo and Jennifer Ruth Fosket and Jennifer R. Fishman and Janet K Shim and Elianne Kristin Riska},
  year={2009}
}
Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Theoretical and Historical Framings 1. Biomedicalization: Technoscientific Transformations of Health, Illness, and U.S. Biomedicine / Adele E. Clarke, Janet K. Shim, Laura Mamo, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, and Jennifer R. Fishman 2. Charting (Bio)Medicine and (Bio)Medicalization in the United States, 1890-Present / Adele E. Clarke, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, Laura Mamo, Jennifer R. Fishman, and Janet K. Shim 3. From the Rise of Medicine to Biomedicalization: U.S… 
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