Vol. 23 • n. 1 • Jan.-Mar. 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE
Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da
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GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE: THE BIOMEDICALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN BODIES: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Löwy, Ilana; Sanabria, Emilia
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ANALYSIS

The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion: the double life of misoprostol in Brazil
Zordo, Silvia De
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The dilemma of a practice: experiences of abortion in a public maternity hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia
McCallum, Cecilia; Menezes, Greice; Reis, Ana Paula dos
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“Holy scan” or “picture of the baby?” Biomedicalization and stratification in the use of obstetric ultrasound in Rio de Janeiro
Chazan, Lilian Krakowski; Faro, Livi F.T.
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Low-complexity biotechnology and everyday aspects of “care:” neonatal testing and sickle cell diagnosis in Brazil
Calvo-González, Elena
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Translating genomics: cancer genetics, public health and the making of the (de)molecularised body in Cuba and Brazil
Gibbon, Sahra
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Madness and crime: Zefinha, the longest confined woman in Brazil
Diniz, Debora; Brito, Luciana
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Psychiatry, bio-epistemes and the making of adolescence in southern Brazil
Béhague, Dominique Pareja
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Cesarean sections, perfecting the technique and standardizing the practice: an analysis of the book Obstetrícia, by Jorge de Rezende
Nakano, Andreza Rodrigues; Bonan, Claudia; Teixeira, Luiz Antônio
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SOURCES

Legal remedies: therapeutic markets and the judicialization of the right to health
Biehl, João; Petryna, Adriana
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Medical borderlands: engineering the body with plastic surgery and hormonal therapies in Brazil
Edmonds, Alexander; Sanabria, Emilia
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INTERVIEW

On the history of medicine in the United States, theory, health insurance, and psychiatry: an interview with Charles Rosenberg
Rosenberg, Charles; Mantovani, Rafael
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BOOKS & NETWORKS

Intersections in the configurations of motherhood in the history of Argentina, 1900-1946: medical and cultural records under the microscope
Felitti, Karina
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History of family planning: an area of historical health studies to be duly assessed
Bhering, Marcos Jungmann
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A sociology of lynchings in Brazil
Soto, William Héctor Gómez
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