Normalcy, Race, and Biomedical Technology in Brazil: The Case of Low White Blood Cell Count

Normalcy, Race, and Biomedical Technology in Brazil: The Case of Low White Blood Cell Count

This article explores the intersection between low-complexity biomedical technologies and ideas about race in Brazil. Using ethnographic material collected in the northeastern city of Salvador on the clinical management of low white blood cell count (leukopenia), and debates involving doctors, biome...

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Main Author: Elena Calvo-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
Subjects:
race
race relations
biomedical technology
Brazil
leukopenia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00075/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00075/full

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