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3221 - DIY Medicine: Hacking Health, Opting Out, Self-Medicating, and Consumer Resistance
Mon, August 12, 10:30am to 12:10pm, New York Hilton, Floor: Second Floor, Sutton CenterSession Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
Description
In recent years, there has been a surge in DIY medicine, defined as any attempt by lay people to take control of their own health or healthcare by circumventing medical, regulatory, or corporate gatekeeping or authority. This session welcomes submissions addressing any topic related to DIY medicine or consumer resistance, including but not limited to biohacking, self-experimentation, non-regulated product use, and responses to insecurity in healthcare.
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Individual Presentations
DIY global dissemination: How localization drives global travels - Lillian Walkover, Drexel
The Pain of Poverty: Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Marginalized Men and Women - Michelle Hannah Smirnova, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Degendering Vulnerability: Power and Emotion in Assisted Injection Interactions - Sarah Brothers, Yale University
“It's a tuning thing”: The standardization of hallucinogenic mushrooms across institutional contexts - John Bailey, Rutgers University; Joanna Kempner, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Regulatory Vigilantes and the Dramatization of Risk: Fluoroquinolone Toxicity on YouTube - Kristin Kay Barker, University of New Mexico; Natalie Fullenkamp, University of New Mexico