New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2010;51 Suppl:S120-32. doi: 10.1177/0022146510383493.
In this selective review of the literature on medical sociology's engagement with technology, we outline the concurrent developments of the American Sociological Association section on medicine and advances in medical treatment. We then describe theoretical and epistemological issues with scholars' treatment of technology in medicine. Using symbolic interactionist concepts, as well as work from the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies, we review and synthesize critical connections in and across sociology's intellectual relationship with medical technology. Next, we discuss key findings in these literatures, noting a shift from a focus on the effects of technology on practice to a reconfiguration of human bodies. We also look toward the future, focusing on connections between technoscientific identities and embodied health movements. Finally, we call for greater engagement by medical sociologists in studying medical technology and the process of policy-making--two areas central to debates in health economics and public policy.
在本次对医学社会学与技术互动的文献的选择性回顾中，我们概述了美国社会学协会医学分会的同步发展和医疗进步。然后，我们描述了学者在处理医学技术时的理论和认识论问题。我们使用符号互动主义概念以及科学和技术研究跨学科领域的工作，回顾和综合了社会学与医学技术的知识关系中的关键联系。接下来，我们讨论了这些文献中的主要发现，指出了从关注技术对实践的影响到重新配置人体的转变。我们还展望未来，关注技术科学认同与身体保健运动之间的联系。最后，我们呼吁医学社会学家更多地参与研究医学技术和政策制定过程，这两个领域是健康经济学和公共政策辩论的核心。
