Vieux corps et technologies nouvelles
Författare
Summary, in English
Old bodies – new technologies
The biomedical development means a better quality of life for many people. The medical possibilities are, however, not unproblematic. There are ethical and cultural matter to consider, e.g. biomedicine calls for existential questions about the right of human beings to intervene in nature. Further, the possibilities to correct the human body means that new demands arises – as e.g. a new hip joint, a new heart or a cell transplantation. At the same time, as people are living longer and getting older, the queues for medical care are increasing. This implies that prioritizations of different kind have to be made – prioritizations within research, within health politics as in the public medical service.
The biomedical development means a better quality of life for many people. The medical possibilities are, however, not unproblematic. There are ethical and cultural matter to consider, e.g. biomedicine calls for existential questions about the right of human beings to intervene in nature. Further, the possibilities to correct the human body means that new demands arises – as e.g. a new hip joint, a new heart or a cell transplantation. At the same time, as people are living longer and getting older, the queues for medical care are increasing. This implies that prioritizations of different kind have to be made – prioritizations within research, within health politics as in the public medical service.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Franska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Ethnologie Française
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest
Ämne
- Ethnology
Nyckelord
- identity
- ageing
- culture
- biotechnology
Status
Published
Projekt
- http://www.univie.ac.at/virusss/cob/index
Forskningsgrupp
- Etnologiska institutionen (LU),
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0046-2616