Working Practices of the Menopause Clinic  

Oleh:

Guillemin, Marilys

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Science, Technology, and Human Values vol. 25 no. 4 (Okt. 2000), page 449-471.
Fulltext: 449STHV254.pdf (96.04KB)

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Although there are many possible ways of understanding menopause, it is the notion of menopause as hormone deficiency that currently dominates. How is it that this account remains prevalent rather than some alternative understanding of menopause? This question is explored through the employment of a framework informed by both actor network theory and symbolic interactionist studies. The author exploits the common ground shared by these two conceptual approaches to analyze how practices generate and reify particular kinds of knowledge about menopause. The analysis is situated within Australian menopause clinics and explores several key contemporary practices of these clinics to show how the particular understanding of menopause as hormone deficiency is generated and stabilized. The study stresses the knowledge/practice nexus and emphasizes that meanings are not given in advance but are generated through practices. In particular, the focus is on the interactions of the social and the material entities of menopause clinics and how through these interactions the understanding of menopause as hormone deficiency is produced.

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