The purpose of this research is to examine the phenomenon of that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been marginalized, even if the market with products embodied in the image of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been growing continuously in recent years.
The perception of holism in Traditio...
The purpose of this research is to examine the phenomenon of that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been marginalized, even if the market with products embodied in the image of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been growing continuously in recent years.
The perception of holism in Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been getting weak these days. There are two typical examples demonstrating this phenomenon. Firstly, people tend to consider Traditional Korean Medicine as a restorative, not as a medical treatment to cure your entire body. Secondly, the treatment of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) by using acupuncture seems to focus on curing muscular skeletal disease in general. In other words, it means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been recognized as medicine, which involves in curing some part of your body, instead of being perceived holistic medicine.
The discourse of the unification of Oriental and Western medicine has been consistently discussed in the medical field. Most of them were done unilaterally by the western medicine. The regulation of a herbalist would be a typical example showing this kind of medical unification which is done by one specific side. Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been struggling to build its own identity by doing comparison with Biomedicine. The discourse of 'ethnic group' might be a typical case of explaining the unification between two sides. Due to the process of setting up identity, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been mentioned and discussed in the relation with Western Medical in the social context, even though it is a independent medical method. As a result, it would be one of the elements to interrupt the unification of Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine.
The discourse of Medical Unification has been inherent in the issue whether you use a medical appliance or not. Even though the number of the medical treatment consumers and the health care providers has been increasing at the recent years, it seems less possible for Medical Unification successful at the moment. However, Medical Unification which was enforced by some certain power has occurred in some specific areas, and it has been mainly done by Western Medicine.
In general, the concept of disease might reflect the people's perceptions on medical system. Therefore, it would be unavoidable for any severe competitions between Oriental and Western medical. However, most of disease has been understood and explained in the Western Medical context. This phenomenon can tell you that the common concept of disease in society and the people's perceptions on medical system have been influenced by the Western Medical more than other sides. The discourse of chronic disease marginalize Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) and played a pivotal role to enhance the influence of the Western medical on the perceived medical system and the concept of disease in society.
Medicalization and Biomedicalization are significant theories to examine and illustrate the Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM). Medicalization represents that the Western Medicine became widespread in the recent past. Moreover, Biomedicalization indicates that some changes in quality occurred within the extended area made by Medicalization. In other words, Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) describes that people's daily lives have been transformed to Biomedicalization in general.
In terms of Medicalization related to Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), there are three key interactive progresses including the discourse of universal medical treatment, a medical check-up, and National Insurance System. The meaning of 'universal medical' is the medical transaction that people in need of medical services would feel little or no hesitance for choosing it. The choices of consumers of medical treatment would be influenced by the side that could gain a competitive edge between Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine.
In the process of Medicalization, the supply can create the demand. By providing medical services based on the specialized knowledge, new medical customers can be produced. The Western Medicine-centered Medicalization has taken shape in all aspects of our daily lives in the systematic context. For instance, there are a medical check-up and National Insurance System. The former would play a role as a so-called 'gate' to enter the Medicalization, and the latter would keep it in the sustainable way. It is because the process of Medicalization has been mainly done by the Western Medical, the are of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) seems to become smaller and smaller compared to the past.
Medicalization could be a significant method to extend the area of medical services. Western Medicine, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), and Health Functional Food would compete each other for extending the territory by doing Medicalization. However, the Medicalization on going at the current moment seems to be mostly done by Western Medicine. This means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been alienated from the process of the Medicalization.
Biomedicalization could depict more clearly the reason why Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) than Medicalization. It is because that in the process of Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), Biomedicalization has appeared with Medicalization together at one time. Biomedicalization shows some specific festures including Neoliberalism, Identity of Technology and Science, the subjectivation of the group of patients and life and capital, which can cause any changes within the medical system.
There are key four features showing up in the process of Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM); Neoliberalism (Personalization embodied in the discourse of financial issues, Reconstitution of the medical system made by commercial Corporatization); Professionalism of medical treatment based on the development of technology and science; Standardization working as a tool for implementing subjectivation; Scientification that could form the foundation of economy of life and capital.
Biomedicalization could be understood as Neoliberalism in the medical treatment fields. In the context of Biomedicalization, it is common to gain profits by doing Personalization and Corporatization. Biomedicalization seems to create individuals embodied with the discourse of economy by combining with Biomedicalization. Furthermore, it could realign the system of medical treatment through commercial Corporatization. Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) tend to be triggered by that the perceptions of individuals transfer to another such as Biomedicalization. It is because that people could seek a profit by doing Commercialization in Neoliberalism, the medical fields that cannot make money would fall behind the others. It means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been in the way of Marginalization because it has a different direction from Corporatization
Visibility plays a critical role in Biomedicalization. The medical development in technology and science has encouraged the expansion of visibility. On the other hand, the development of diagnosing equipments seem to make Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) to lose the image of doing treatment and diagnosis. This can tell you that people would consider the development of technology and science as professionalism by that our daily life is in Biomedicalization.
Standardization would be an accurate gauge of when individuals adopt medical treatments. It is quite common that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been not standardized. The subjected-group of patients might produce a new criteria. Standardization which is needed in Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) field would be affected by whether conative medical customers can create a new criteria or not.
Scientification could support the economy of life and capital in Biomedicalization. The medicine could develop through doing scientification based on Biomedicalization. Considering this situation, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) is behind Western Medicine. Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) is surrounded by the medical environment, which any medical areas would go downhill without the investment of companies in the financial way.
Health Functional Food would be a typical example of Biomedicalization in the area of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM). The people's negative perceptions on Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) have been caused by the discourse of side effects of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) and providing materials for herbal medicine from China. People would consider Health Functional Food as a similar one with Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) when the negative awareness about Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) exists. People feeling a sense of incompatibility towards Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) can represent the following issues; the trends that Medicine seems to be recognized as products; they do not trust the Commercialization related the production and distribution of medical goods.
Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) seem to be isolated in terms of the disease treatment. However, the trend of commercialization by utilizing the image of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been widespread at the moment. Recent research says that people would go for Viagra and red ginsengs instead of consuming herbal medicine, and it means that Commercialization of medicine has been appearing based on Biomedicalization. In contrast with that consumption of herbal medicine has been declining, the products with images of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been growing continuously, and you can be assure of 'the high level of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) which provide a certain positive image
It is a quite common perception that herbal medicine is expensive. Even though the herbal medicine is one of medical supplies, it would be less competitive with Health Functional Food in term of its price. To say another words, the typical identity of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) would be perceived as one of goods based on Biomedicalizatio.
In conclusion, the decline of consumption rate of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) does not necessary means that people buy read ginsengs instead of. Scientification, Standardization and the discourse of Biomedicalization embodied in Commercialization have caused the decrease of the consumption of the herbal medicine. In the future, if another product that contains the meaning and symbol of Biomedicalization appear in your daily life, red ginsengs will be replaced by it.
Key words: Traditional Korean Medicine, Marginalization, Medicalization, Biomedicalization, Neoliberalization
The purpose of this research is to examine the phenomenon of that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been marginalized, even if the market with products embodied in the image of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been growing continuously in recent years.
The perception of holism in Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been getting weak these days. There are two typical examples demonstrating this phenomenon. Firstly, people tend to consider Traditional Korean Medicine as a restorative, not as a medical treatment to cure your entire body. Secondly, the treatment of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) by using acupuncture seems to focus on curing muscular skeletal disease in general. In other words, it means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been recognized as medicine, which involves in curing some part of your body, instead of being perceived holistic medicine.
The discourse of the unification of Oriental and Western medicine has been consistently discussed in the medical field. Most of them were done unilaterally by the western medicine. The regulation of a herbalist would be a typical example showing this kind of medical unification which is done by one specific side. Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been struggling to build its own identity by doing comparison with Biomedicine. The discourse of 'ethnic group' might be a typical case of explaining the unification between two sides. Due to the process of setting up identity, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been mentioned and discussed in the relation with Western Medical in the social context, even though it is a independent medical method. As a result, it would be one of the elements to interrupt the unification of Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine.
The discourse of Medical Unification has been inherent in the issue whether you use a medical appliance or not. Even though the number of the medical treatment consumers and the health care providers has been increasing at the recent years, it seems less possible for Medical Unification successful at the moment. However, Medical Unification which was enforced by some certain power has occurred in some specific areas, and it has been mainly done by Western Medicine.
In general, the concept of disease might reflect the people's perceptions on medical system. Therefore, it would be unavoidable for any severe competitions between Oriental and Western medical. However, most of disease has been understood and explained in the Western Medical context. This phenomenon can tell you that the common concept of disease in society and the people's perceptions on medical system have been influenced by the Western Medical more than other sides. The discourse of chronic disease marginalize Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) and played a pivotal role to enhance the influence of the Western medical on the perceived medical system and the concept of disease in society.
Medicalization and Biomedicalization are significant theories to examine and illustrate the Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM). Medicalization represents that the Western Medicine became widespread in the recent past. Moreover, Biomedicalization indicates that some changes in quality occurred within the extended area made by Medicalization. In other words, Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) describes that people's daily lives have been transformed to Biomedicalization in general.
In terms of Medicalization related to Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), there are three key interactive progresses including the discourse of universal medical treatment, a medical check-up, and National Insurance System. The meaning of 'universal medical' is the medical transaction that people in need of medical services would feel little or no hesitance for choosing it. The choices of consumers of medical treatment would be influenced by the side that could gain a competitive edge between Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine.
In the process of Medicalization, the supply can create the demand. By providing medical services based on the specialized knowledge, new medical customers can be produced. The Western Medicine-centered Medicalization has taken shape in all aspects of our daily lives in the systematic context. For instance, there are a medical check-up and National Insurance System. The former would play a role as a so-called 'gate' to enter the Medicalization, and the latter would keep it in the sustainable way. It is because the process of Medicalization has been mainly done by the Western Medical, the are of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) seems to become smaller and smaller compared to the past.
Medicalization could be a significant method to extend the area of medical services. Western Medicine, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), and Health Functional Food would compete each other for extending the territory by doing Medicalization. However, the Medicalization on going at the current moment seems to be mostly done by Western Medicine. This means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been alienated from the process of the Medicalization.
Biomedicalization could depict more clearly the reason why Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) than Medicalization. It is because that in the process of Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM), Biomedicalization has appeared with Medicalization together at one time. Biomedicalization shows some specific festures including Neoliberalism, Identity of Technology and Science, the subjectivation of the group of patients and life and capital, which can cause any changes within the medical system.
There are key four features showing up in the process of Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM); Neoliberalism (Personalization embodied in the discourse of financial issues, Reconstitution of the medical system made by commercial Corporatization); Professionalism of medical treatment based on the development of technology and science; Standardization working as a tool for implementing subjectivation; Scientification that could form the foundation of economy of life and capital.
Biomedicalization could be understood as Neoliberalism in the medical treatment fields. In the context of Biomedicalization, it is common to gain profits by doing Personalization and Corporatization. Biomedicalization seems to create individuals embodied with the discourse of economy by combining with Biomedicalization. Furthermore, it could realign the system of medical treatment through commercial Corporatization. Marginalization of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) tend to be triggered by that the perceptions of individuals transfer to another such as Biomedicalization. It is because that people could seek a profit by doing Commercialization in Neoliberalism, the medical fields that cannot make money would fall behind the others. It means that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been in the way of Marginalization because it has a different direction from Corporatization
Visibility plays a critical role in Biomedicalization. The medical development in technology and science has encouraged the expansion of visibility. On the other hand, the development of diagnosing equipments seem to make Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) to lose the image of doing treatment and diagnosis. This can tell you that people would consider the development of technology and science as professionalism by that our daily life is in Biomedicalization.
Standardization would be an accurate gauge of when individuals adopt medical treatments. It is quite common that Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been not standardized. The subjected-group of patients might produce a new criteria. Standardization which is needed in Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) field would be affected by whether conative medical customers can create a new criteria or not.
Scientification could support the economy of life and capital in Biomedicalization. The medicine could develop through doing scientification based on Biomedicalization. Considering this situation, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) is behind Western Medicine. Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) is surrounded by the medical environment, which any medical areas would go downhill without the investment of companies in the financial way.
Health Functional Food would be a typical example of Biomedicalization in the area of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM). The people's negative perceptions on Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) have been caused by the discourse of side effects of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) and providing materials for herbal medicine from China. People would consider Health Functional Food as a similar one with Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) when the negative awareness about Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) exists. People feeling a sense of incompatibility towards Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) can represent the following issues; the trends that Medicine seems to be recognized as products; they do not trust the Commercialization related the production and distribution of medical goods.
Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) seem to be isolated in terms of the disease treatment. However, the trend of commercialization by utilizing the image of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been widespread at the moment. Recent research says that people would go for Viagra and red ginsengs instead of consuming herbal medicine, and it means that Commercialization of medicine has been appearing based on Biomedicalization. In contrast with that consumption of herbal medicine has been declining, the products with images of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has been growing continuously, and you can be assure of 'the high level of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) which provide a certain positive image
It is a quite common perception that herbal medicine is expensive. Even though the herbal medicine is one of medical supplies, it would be less competitive with Health Functional Food in term of its price. To say another words, the typical identity of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) would be perceived as one of goods based on Biomedicalizatio.
In conclusion, the decline of consumption rate of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) does not necessary means that people buy read ginsengs instead of. Scientification, Standardization and the discourse of Biomedicalization embodied in Commercialization have caused the decrease of the consumption of the herbal medicine. In the future, if another product that contains the meaning and symbol of Biomedicalization appear in your daily life, red ginsengs will be replaced by it.
Key words: Traditional Korean Medicine, Marginalization, Medicalization, Biomedicalization, Neoliberalization
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