%0 Journal Article
%T Co pacjenci mogą robić z tabletkami? Studium przypadku osób, cierpiących na zaburzenia lękowe
%A Górski, Karol
%J Prace Etnograficzne
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/22999558.PE.18.003.8684
%N Tom 46, Numer 1
%P 51-75
%K pharmacotherapy, medical anthropology, anxiety disorders, biomedicine
%@ 0083-4327
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/prace-etnograficzne/artykul/co-pacjenci-moga-robic-z-tabletkami-studium-przypadku-osob-cierpiacych-na-zaburzenia-lekowe
%X 
	The aim of the article is to analyze the practices that Polish patients (suffering from anxiety disorders) can perform with the pills, prescribed by psychiatrists. There are three main practices which are highlighted in the article: manipulating the dosage and frequency of consumed drugs, deciding which medicines will be consumed and keeping the drugs at home without consumption. In a broader sense, they can be understood as a form of resistance against biomedicine (Clarke et al. 2010: 14) and form of Robert Merton’s self-fullfilling prophecy. The mentioned practices are connected with the opinions about pharmacotherapy shared by my interlocutors.