Instances of alienation: portrait of the torn patient. 2. Medical apparatus and dominant discourses
Stiefel, F.; Bourquin, Céline.; Saraga, M.
Revue Medicale Suisse 10(417): 376-379
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 24620461 Document Number: 677176
The first part of the article focused on the individual mechanisms--body, psyche and relational context--alienating the patient. The second part addresses alienating mechanisms related to the medical apparatus and the dominant discourses produced within and by society. The aim is not to comprehensively list possible mechanisms, but to discuss some of them using illustrative examples.