Biomedicine and Rural Women Health Risk in Bangladesh. The Position of Sick Women in the Household

      Аннотация: This book deals with the practices of biomedicine and modern technology based medical care in rural hospital and clinics. The nature of biomedicine and biomedical care at rural hospital and clinics have been discussed in detail. The regulatory role of biomedicine that plays on women’s health and to some extent how rural women have benefited from its usage have been investigated. Besides, the crucial, weak and troublesome position of sick women in the rural household have also been explained. This book depicts the changes that diseases and illnesses bring among household members. What kinds of sufferings, problems and challenges faced by rural women to receive biomedicine and to safe from diseases and illnesses, have been examined. How some inflexible aspects of biomedicine in rural hospital and clinics affect the observed women’s physical and psychological health have been discussed. How the observed rural women face the financial challenges at home and in hospital when they receive biomedicine have clearly been highlighted. The experiences of the rural women on biomedicine and also the beneficial alternative treatment services they adopt to avoid illness have been interpreted.

Ключевые слова: Biomedicine, Women health, Household, Disease & Sickness and Critical Medical Anthropology (CMA)