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Dossier "Reproductive health"
Intersections between technology and reproduction [Access to the dossier]
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Call for papers
Horizons for traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine in the 21st century [see more]
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Race, ethnicity, racism, and health [Access to the dossier]
Beyond the factory model: the power of territories
Hugo Spinelli
This article offers a critique of the hegemony of the factory model as the organizational matrix of social institutions. This factory model has hindered an understanding of both the ontological complexity of the social world and the singularity of territories [Read more]
“Living step by step”: Rehabilitation pathways of children with disabilities in the narratives of women caregivers in western Santiago, Chile
Nelson Muñoz-Lizana, Paulina Osorio-Parraguez, Juan Andrés Pino-Morán
In Chile, childhood rehabilitation is recognized as a right supported by regulatory frameworks. However, its implementation presents limitations [Read more]
Intimate partner violence and help-seeking in Chiapas, Mexico: Implications for rural community health services
Mercedes Aguerrebere, Ana Cecilia Ortega, Rocío López, Sonia M. Frías
From a gender perspective, this study examines how women seek help in response to experiences of intimate partner violence [Read more]
The praxis of mental health care and the manifestation of stigma: an ethnographic study in mental health centers in the Biobío Region, Chile
Romina Jara-Ogeda, Pamela Grandón Fernández, Daniela Leyton Legües
In this article, we inquire into how mental health praxis reproduces stigma toward users of mental health centers [Read more]
Reproductive health: Intersections between technology and reproduction
Ana Lucía Olmos Álvarez, María Cecilia Johnson, Naara Luna, Rosa Martínez-Cuadros
In a century marked by rapid technological innovation and profound social change, reproductive health has emerged as one of the most dynamic and contested fields [Reed more]
Narrative objects of science: From industrialization to the cobotization of the interpretive experience
Viviana Martinovich
Drawing on critical theory and philosophical hermeneutics, this essay examines the processes of industrialization and “cobotization” of scientific practice [Read more]
Intervention to promote regulatory compliance in food and nutrition education in public basic education schools in the central region of Mexico
José Cutberto Hernández Ramírez
Food and nutrition education interventions in Mexican basic education schools have focused on conveying information... [Read more]
Becoming objects in the face of artificial intelligence
Hugo Spinelli
This essay offers a critical reflection on the effects of the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) on subjectivity, labor, and institutions, drawing on contributions from Latin American thought on science and technology, as well as from contemporary philosophical debates. [Read more]
Ethics in social research, its absences, urgencies, and possibilities: Critical proposals from Latin America
Rubén Muñoz Martínez
Ethics in qualitative social research has particular features that distinguish it from the model formulated in the Global North [Read more]
Addressing racial/ethnic disparities and racism in health: A call for equity
Andrêa Ferreira, Vivian Carla Honorato dos Santos de Carvalho, Joseph Palumbo
The intersections between race and ethnicity, racism, and health are a matter of pressing concern in the field of collective health [Read more]
Intersubjectivity and modes of care in health: eco-ethno-social sensitivity and critical technological competence for quality-equity in digital health
Naomar de Almeida-Filho, José Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita Ayres
In this essay, we propose that Mendes Gonçalves’ theory of the labor process in health can contribute to a critical theory of digital health [Read more]
Are we expecting too much from existing research ethics committees?
Núria Homedes, Antonio Ugalde
La necesidad de establecer criterios éticos para investigar en seres humanos surgió a raíz de los juicios de Nuremberg, cuando se conocieron las atrocidades cometidas durante los experimentos biomédicos [Read more]
The technological escalation of medical practice and the impacts on the physician’s relationship with their work
Lilia Blima Schraiber
This essay aims to critically reflect on the impacts of the technological escalation in medical practice, with particular attention to the transformations of professional practice [Read more]
Access to Tubal Ligation: An analysis of women’s trajectories and experiences in the public health subsector of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Pilar Galende Villavicencio
Tubal ligation access in the province of La Pampa is regulated by Provincial Law 2079 and National Law 26130 [Read more]
