Women and Capitalism: The Case of the Vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus

The article analyses the public policy of vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV) according to the three classical criteria of need, efficacy and safety as an exemplary case of how the big transnational corporations operate and how the governments serve their interests. It discusses the...

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Main Author: Forcades i Vila, Teresa 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2015
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 269-283
Further subjects:B Women
B immune system
B Safety
B HPV vaccine
B Capitalism
B Lacanian discourse
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Summary:The article analyses the public policy of vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV) according to the three classical criteria of need, efficacy and safety as an exemplary case of how the big transnational corporations operate and how the governments serve their interests. It discusses the changes in policy in Japan and the recent developments in France and the grass-roots movements in Spain that are organizing to change this policy. The four Lacanian discourses are applied to the analysis of the rhetoric of public health authorities.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735015576882