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The biotechnical embrace.

M J Good1

  • 1Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
|January 22, 2002
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This study explores how the medical imaginary, biotechnical embrace, and clinical narrative shape bioscience and biotechnology. It highlights the crucial role of emotions in high-tech medicine, influencing patient and clinician experiences and the economy of hope.

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology of Science and Technology
  • Medical Sociology
  • Biotechnology and Society Studies

Background:

  • Bioscience and biotechnology profoundly impact society, necessitating frameworks to understand this relationship.
  • Existing research often overlooks the affective and cultural dimensions of high-technology medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and examine three interpretive concepts: the medical imaginary, the biotechnical embrace, and the clinical narrative.
  • To analyze how these concepts link bioscience and biotechnology to societal experiences.
  • To explore the role of emotions in the political economy and culture of hope within biomedicine.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis drawing on international research in the culture and political economy of biomedicine.

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  • Examination of case studies involving patients, clinicians, scientists, and venture capitalists.
  • Focus on oncology and high-technology medicine sectors.

    • Main Results:

    • The medical imaginary, biotechnical embrace, and clinical narrative offer valuable interpretive lenses.
    • Affective dimensions of experience are central for patients, clinicians, and scientists in high-technology medicine.
    • These concepts illuminate the political economy and culture of hope surrounding bioscience.

    Conclusions:

    • Understanding the affective dimensions is fundamental to grasping the societal integration of bioscience and biotechnology.
    • The proposed interpretive concepts provide a framework for analyzing the complex interplay between technology, emotion, and society in medicine.
    • This research contributes to understanding the cultural and economic underpinnings of hope in contemporary biomedicine.