The Medicalization of Cyberspace

'Cyberspace' plays a significant role in the new medicalized world of the twenty-first century. This book explores the complex social interactions between health, medicalization, cyberculture, the body and identity.

Andy Miah, Emma Rich

Introduction: Medicine in Society Section 1: Cybermedical Discourse 1. Medicalization in Cyberspace 2. Cybermedical Bodies 3. Cybermedicine and Reliability Discourse 4. Virtual Governance of Health Behaviour 5. Cyberpatients, Illness Narratives and Medicalization Section 2: Cyber Bodies 6. Partial Prostitution 7. Biological Property Rights in Cyberspace 8. The Online Pro-Ana Movement 9. The Bioethics of Cybermedicalization. Conclusion: After-Cyborgs or Artificial Life