Biomedical Intervention, Body and Health

  • Esmeralda Soledad Covarrubias López Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco (UAM-X)
  • Manuel Méndez Tapia Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Colegio de Antropología Social
Keywords: Corporality, biomedical intervention

Abstract

In this thematic issue of Mirada Antropológica, the aim is to examine how body life is regulated by biomedical intervention practices governed by specialized scientific knowledge.

Author Biographies

Esmeralda Soledad Covarrubias López, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco (UAM-X)

Doctor of Science in the specialty of Educational Research from CINVESTAV, Master of Social Medicine from UAM-X and Bachelor of Nursing and Obstetrics from ENEO-UNAM. Professor-Researcher at the Department of Health Care at UAM-X, Health and Society Research Area and Professor of the Subject at ENEO.

Manuel Méndez Tapia, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Colegio de Antropología Social

Doctor of Science in the specialty of Educational Research from CINVESTAV. Master in Social Medicine and Bachelor of Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Unit. Member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT. Research Professor of the College of Social Anthropology, BUAP.

Published
2018-07-20
How to Cite
Esmeralda Soledad Covarrubias López, & Manuel Méndez Tapia. (2018). Biomedical Intervention, Body and Health. Mirada Antropológica, 13(15), 3-5. Retrieved from http://rd.buap.mx/ojs-dm/index.php/mirant/article/view/118