Social representations of the body in medical students, Medellín, 2014
Introduction: Philosophical and socio-anthropological discourses about the body have not been of interest in medical formation. Objective: To understand the social representations of the body in medical students, Medellin, 2014. Methods: Ethnography with 11 students selected by theoretical sampling....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Antioquia
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Iatreia |
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| Online Access: | http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/iatreia/article/view/21186/20758 |
| Summary: | Introduction: Philosophical and socio-anthropological discourses about the body have not been of interest in medical formation. Objective: To understand the social representations of the body in medical students, Medellin, 2014. Methods: Ethnography with 11 students selected by theoretical sampling. Social representations were studied with the procedural approach. Methodological rigor criteria of credibility, auditability and transferability were applied. Results: Three analytical categories were analyzed: 1) conceptions of the body which included the subcategories “biological” and “symbolic” dimensions of the body”; 2) importance of the body described from the subcategories “body as medium and object” and “body as definition of Ego”; 3) care of the body with three subcategories: “importance of self-care”, “the body of the other”, “self-care practices”. Conclusion: The organismic conception of the body reveals how medical students understand the other from strictly biological principles; epistemologically it is evident that students are Cartesian vectors lacking historical awareness about the representations of the body; politically and socially the group is aligned with neoliberal rationalities that vindicate marketization, modernization and individuation of the body. |
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| ISSN: | 0121-0793 2011-7965 |