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Abstract
In 1987. in Goiania, the capital of Gouis state. in Central Brazil. a ccsiurn-l I? radiotherapy unit was abandoned hy a private medical institute. Informal sector workers collected the unit. took it home. and opened it. The result was severe environmental and populational contamination. The medical responses given by state agencies mise a number of questions about ideological processes that shaped medical knowledge and about the construction of victim identity. This paper focuses on the human body as a representation of contradictions raised between institutional medical discourses and patient experiences in the context of a radiation disaster. I suggest that an understanding of those tensions and contradictions is important for an agenda that advocates human rights and health cure monitoring programs for affected populations.
Author Analytic
Da Silva, Telma Camargo
Author Combination
Da Silva, Telma Camargo Leibing, Annette
Author Combination
Da Silva, Telma Camargo Leibing, Annette
Author Monographic
Leibing, Annette
Call Number
154.D3.B5 (VF)
Date of Publication
1997
Keywords
Nuclear Hazards ; Radioactive Materials ; Health ;
Location in Work
67-79
Monographic Author Role
Editor
Place of Publication
Amand Aglaster Markgrafenstr, Berlin, Germany
Publisher Name
Verlag fur Wissenchaft und Bildung
Title Combination
BIOMEDICAL DISCOURSES AND HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES: THE GOIANIA RADIOLOGICAL DISASTER The Medical Anthropologies in Brazil
Title Combination
BIOMEDICAL DISCOURSES AND HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES: THE GOIANIA RADIOLOGICAL DISASTER The Medical Anthropologies in Brazil
Title Analytic
BIOMEDICAL DISCOURSES AND HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES: THE GOIANIA RADIOLOGICAL DISASTER
Title Monographic
The Medical Anthropologies in Brazil
Workform
Book_Chapter
Id
da63dc94-0c61-4e88-9ebc-81bc690489da