Health: Disciplinary or Liberatory?
Cindy Patton, editor of REBIRTH OF THE CLINIC, appears on Against the Grain.
Health care is medical care, right? That might sound logical, but a number of people have challenged that notion head-on. Some have drawn connections between health and political power; others decided that health clinics should do much more than diagnose and treat illness. Jenna Loyd weighs the theoretical insights of Michel Foucault and others; she also points to a time when community health took a radical turn.
Published in: Against the Grain
Story Date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00
Story Date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00