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"Diabetes and literacy: negotiating control through artifacts of medicalization".
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19165582     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
My experience with the California Department of Motor Vehicles offers a case to explore how bureaucratic institutions monitor, classify, and control individuals. By examining artifacts created for and used by the DMV through the lens of literacy studies, I discuss the variety of rhetorical strategies used in each document and the effects and implications of those strategies, for example on subjectivity or identity, and move beyond the language of the artifacts themselves to attend to how they are invested with power in the management and control of populations.
Authors:
David S Martins
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of medical humanities     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1573-3645     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Humanit     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-07-14     Completed Date:  2009-10-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8917478     Medline TA:  J Med Humanit     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  115-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of English, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0830, USA. DMartins@csuchico.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence
Diabetes Mellitus*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Licensure
Negotiating*
Safety
Social Control, Formal / methods*

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