Describe in what ways biomedicine constitutes its own culture, with its own social norms, practices, and rules of engagements. Give examples that elucidate the particularity of U.S. biomedicine in contradistinction to:

• how biomedicine is practiced elsewhere
• wider social norms and expectations in U.S. culture
• the norms of American medicine before the consolidation of modern scientific medicine in the 19th century

Word Count: 400-500

I’ve attached the 4 reading materials below, which includes 3 pdf and one website link:

Hanson, Isabel and Safdar Ahmed, 2019. “Healing Alone” The Guardian June 14. (Links to an external site.)