Pathways to Inhumane Care
Masculinity and Violence in a South African Emergency Unit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3596985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Shelmerdine (University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244017728320 |
| OpenAlex | W2762114056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 52 |
Inhumane treatment of patients by health care providers is reported around the world. A range of explanations has been proposed, indicating the complexity of the multiple factors involved. This article reports on an ethnographic study conducted in a South African public sector emergency unit, exploring the possible contribution of hegemonic discourses of masculinity to delivery of inhumane care in this context. Using ethnographic methods, including participant observation, interviews, audio-recordings of verbal interaction, and narrative analysis, the study on which this article reports explored the discursive practices surrounding incidents of abuse. The article argues that the pressure doctors experience to display strong masculine identities and simultaneous feelings of powerlessness in the face of material realities generates the potential for inhumane acts. It concludes that understanding the metaphors through which doctors interpret their experiences is important both to comprehending and subverting the forces that drive inhumane care
Ethnography · Feeling · Health care · Hegemonic masculinity · Masculinity · Narrative · Participant observation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |