Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ivan Illich, Iatrogenesis, Biomedicine
14 Jul 2016
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Empirical verification (observation) became basis of scientific method. Treatment of disease is by drugs, which have the effects opposite to the symptoms. In contrast to homeopathic medicine (like treats like - to treat a disease, a substance known to cause the disease is dispensed slowly to attempt to treat the disease) Medicine is a social science as much as it is science, science. The ability of medicine to organize as a profession. Autonomy - key aspect to all points above. In evaluating and directing the work of others. Authority over the regulation of the medical profession. Power of medical profession is an expression of how power is distributed in society. These broader power relations shape the medical knowledge, medical practice, and medical institutions. The medical profession, by virtue, had connections with the elite social class and powerful political authorities (economic and political power) Really consolidated its power between wwii and 1962.
