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Article: Biotech pilgrims and the transnational quest for stem cell cures

TitleBiotech pilgrims and the transnational quest for stem cell cures
Authors
KeywordsGlobalization
China
Pilgrimage
Medical tourism
Internet
Issue Date2010
Citation
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 2010, v. 29, n. 4, p. 384-402 How to Cite?
AbstractThousands of patients with incurable neurodegenerative conditions from more than 60 countries have sought fetal cell transplants in China since 2001. Drawing on 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I investigate these transnational encounters occurring in the realm of experimental medicine. Critiquing popular notions of "medical tourism," I develop the alternative concept of "biotech pilgrimage" to reveal how faith intertwines with technology, travel, and the political economies of health care and medical research in a global era. Insights from pilgrimage theory enable us to question assumptions of leisure embedded in claims of tourism while also exploring new biopolitical practices that extend beyond the borders of the nation-state. I also demonstrate how materialist visions of salvation underlie medical practice and contribute to China's rising influence as a global technological leader. © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/260259
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dc.contributor.authorSong, Priscilla-
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-12T02:00:56Z-
dc.date.available2018-09-12T02:00:56Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationMedical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 2010, v. 29, n. 4, p. 384-402-
dc.identifier.issn0145-9740-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/260259-
dc.description.abstractThousands of patients with incurable neurodegenerative conditions from more than 60 countries have sought fetal cell transplants in China since 2001. Drawing on 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I investigate these transnational encounters occurring in the realm of experimental medicine. Critiquing popular notions of "medical tourism," I develop the alternative concept of "biotech pilgrimage" to reveal how faith intertwines with technology, travel, and the political economies of health care and medical research in a global era. Insights from pilgrimage theory enable us to question assumptions of leisure embedded in claims of tourism while also exploring new biopolitical practices that extend beyond the borders of the nation-state. I also demonstrate how materialist visions of salvation underlie medical practice and contribute to China's rising influence as a global technological leader. © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness-
dc.subjectGlobalization-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectPilgrimage-
dc.subjectMedical tourism-
dc.subjectInternet-
dc.titleBiotech pilgrims and the transnational quest for stem cell cures-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01459740.2010.501317-
dc.identifier.pmid21082484-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-78549257145-
dc.identifier.volume29-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spage384-
dc.identifier.epage402-
dc.identifier.eissn1545-5882-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000284226700005-
dc.identifier.issnl0145-9740-

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