"We Realized We Had a Say:" An Exploration of Class and Culture in Deliberate Refusals of Medical Care among Medical Skeptics.

Refusing modern medicine in favor of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an increasingly popular choice. Yet while it may seem like an individual choice, it is in fact a social process that reflects patterns of privilege and social networking. As I will show, individual experiences matter, but not as much as how individuals interpret those experiences in the context of their social lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]