Medical sociology, mainly an Anglo-Saxon invention, was developed almost without any theoretical ... more Medical sociology, mainly an Anglo-Saxon invention, was developed almost without any theoretical reference to Norbert Elias' work. One of the consequences of this ignorance was that a very challenging idea had been lost. This idea addressed the sociological problems associated with the historical changes that in tum affected the role played by hygiene in the normalisation of human behaviour. According to Elias' Civilizing Process, the progressive changes in human behaviour were part of global dynamics involving the transformation of both social structures and individuals' habitus. In the construction of the 'civilised behaviour' characteristic of the dominant group, hygienic preoccupation played no role. The medical discoveries of the 19th century about the infectious diseases gave a posteriori an addition of legitimacy to this civilised behaviour.
This paper accounts for the birth of a disease-related consumers" association, bringing together ... more This paper accounts for the birth of a disease-related consumers" association, bringing together parents of children who are patients on a specialist paediatric ward and are subjected to parenteral nutrition at home. We attempt to show how the analysis of the production of technological-medical innovation permitting the transfer of care from hospital to home elucidates the process leading up to the birth of the group. We interpret this process as a two-phase development in the ward: the introductory stage, in which social innovations go hand in hand with the technological invention, bringing about a reshuffling of layman-professional relationships; and the restructuring stage, starting when the former phase is re-deflned and designated as anarchic, and in which the old structure re-emerges. We argue that the setting up of a parents' association is a reaction to the re-establishment of order following a period of order undone.
This paper analyses the social conditions of emergence of cancer politics in France in the inter-... more This paper analyses the social conditions of emergence of cancer politics in France in the inter-war period. It examines the historical circumstances whereby various segments of the dominant class - surgeons, "scientist" doctors, philanthropists - and "society ladies" concurred to create and "anti-cancer movement" and to found a new discipline, i.e., cancerology, as well as a novel form of organizing medical care, i.e., cancer-centres. It then examines the process of construction of a representation of cancer as a scourge disease, combining elements of medical, scientific and lay discourses.
During the 1970s in Brazil a social space directed towards health problems on the population leve... more During the 1970s in Brazil a social space directed towards health problems on the population level, called collective health, was created and institutionalised. To what extent did this Brazilian invention correspond to a specific socio-historical practice? The works published on this topic have considered social medicine as a homogeneous phenomenon without empirically studying the specificities of national experiences. To bridge this gap, a historical study on the genesis of collective health in Brazil was carried out based on Bourdieu's field theory. The interaction between the paths of the founders and the conditions of historical possibilities were researched through documentary and bibliographical sources, as well as through in-depth interviews of the founders. This social space originated from a meeting of agents with different social backgrounds but who interconnected, creating a structure that was independent of each agent considered individually. One of the components of this establishment was the joining of theoretical production and the implementation of health reforms that resulted in the organisation of a universal health system. This study attempts to show how the international political situation and the contradictions of the national crisis created a universe of possibilities, allowing for the genesis of this sui generis space in Brazil.
... Fould Lazard de Wendel Schneider Citroën Van Cleef née Harpels) Tiffany Waldeck-Rousseau Vivi... more ... Fould Lazard de Wendel Schneider Citroën Van Cleef née Harpels) Tiffany Waldeck-Rousseau Viviani Combes Leyges et la Maréchale Lyautey pour ne ... passe 70 ans les examens pour devenir infirmière-major est dans ce contexte elle entre en relation avec Justin dodart qui ...
Medical sociology, mainly an Anglo-Saxon invention, was developed almost without any theoretical ... more Medical sociology, mainly an Anglo-Saxon invention, was developed almost without any theoretical reference to Norbert Elias' work. One of the consequences of this ignorance was that a very challenging idea had been lost. This idea addressed the sociological problems associated with the historical changes that in tum affected the role played by hygiene in the normalisation of human behaviour. According to Elias' Civilizing Process, the progressive changes in human behaviour were part of global dynamics involving the transformation of both social structures and individuals' habitus. In the construction of the 'civilised behaviour' characteristic of the dominant group, hygienic preoccupation played no role. The medical discoveries of the 19th century about the infectious diseases gave a posteriori an addition of legitimacy to this civilised behaviour.
This paper accounts for the birth of a disease-related consumers" association, bringing together ... more This paper accounts for the birth of a disease-related consumers" association, bringing together parents of children who are patients on a specialist paediatric ward and are subjected to parenteral nutrition at home. We attempt to show how the analysis of the production of technological-medical innovation permitting the transfer of care from hospital to home elucidates the process leading up to the birth of the group. We interpret this process as a two-phase development in the ward: the introductory stage, in which social innovations go hand in hand with the technological invention, bringing about a reshuffling of layman-professional relationships; and the restructuring stage, starting when the former phase is re-deflned and designated as anarchic, and in which the old structure re-emerges. We argue that the setting up of a parents' association is a reaction to the re-establishment of order following a period of order undone.
This paper analyses the social conditions of emergence of cancer politics in France in the inter-... more This paper analyses the social conditions of emergence of cancer politics in France in the inter-war period. It examines the historical circumstances whereby various segments of the dominant class - surgeons, "scientist" doctors, philanthropists - and "society ladies" concurred to create and "anti-cancer movement" and to found a new discipline, i.e., cancerology, as well as a novel form of organizing medical care, i.e., cancer-centres. It then examines the process of construction of a representation of cancer as a scourge disease, combining elements of medical, scientific and lay discourses.
During the 1970s in Brazil a social space directed towards health problems on the population leve... more During the 1970s in Brazil a social space directed towards health problems on the population level, called collective health, was created and institutionalised. To what extent did this Brazilian invention correspond to a specific socio-historical practice? The works published on this topic have considered social medicine as a homogeneous phenomenon without empirically studying the specificities of national experiences. To bridge this gap, a historical study on the genesis of collective health in Brazil was carried out based on Bourdieu's field theory. The interaction between the paths of the founders and the conditions of historical possibilities were researched through documentary and bibliographical sources, as well as through in-depth interviews of the founders. This social space originated from a meeting of agents with different social backgrounds but who interconnected, creating a structure that was independent of each agent considered individually. One of the components of this establishment was the joining of theoretical production and the implementation of health reforms that resulted in the organisation of a universal health system. This study attempts to show how the international political situation and the contradictions of the national crisis created a universe of possibilities, allowing for the genesis of this sui generis space in Brazil.
... Fould Lazard de Wendel Schneider Citroën Van Cleef née Harpels) Tiffany Waldeck-Rousseau Vivi... more ... Fould Lazard de Wendel Schneider Citroën Van Cleef née Harpels) Tiffany Waldeck-Rousseau Viviani Combes Leyges et la Maréchale Lyautey pour ne ... passe 70 ans les examens pour devenir infirmière-major est dans ce contexte elle entre en relation avec Justin dodart qui ...
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