Medicalização e governo da vida e subjetividades: o mercado da saúde.

Abstract

This paper presents a literature review about medicalizat ion, from biopolit ics, in neoliberalism. The const ruct ion of the healthcare market puts into play a set of government technology of pipelines, which forge healthy subject ivit ies and cont rolled by health and safety requirements. The effects of these medicalized pract ices cross and manufacture bodies and populat ions, exploited by the risk management and risk, the prevent ion and cont rol of the future, in the name of life and health, extended to the ext reme. I n this respect , the object of this art icle is to discuss through a historical approach, based on Foucault the emergence of biocapital and the bioeconomy as standardizat ion tact ics and regulat ion of pipelines by biocit izenship as st rategy, under the law to claim the right to health.