Shining trinkets and unkempt gardens

On the Materiality of Care

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2249017
AutoresAnnemarie Van Hout (0000-0002-4971-7243, Section of Medical Ethics University of Amsterdam Netherlands), J Pols (0000-0003-0157-2388, University of Amsterdam), Dick L Willems (0000-0002-5587-2549, University of Amsterdam), Dick Willems (Section of Medical Ethics University of Amsterdam Netherlands)
Año2015
Volumen37
Número8
Páginas1206-1217
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12302
PMID26108202
OpenAlexW1780779170
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas32

The increasing use of telecare will profoundly change nursing care. How to understand these changes is, however, far from clear. This is because (i) studies on telecare seldom consider the situation it replaces, and (ii) current concepts and methods used to study the impact of telecare may not allow us to fully grasp these changes. We suggest that an analysis of the changing materiality of care practices is a suitable way to articulate and reflect on possible concerns. It allows us to compare care practices in the same terms before and after telecare has been introduced. To demonstrate this, we study the materiality of the classical care setting, the nursing house call, to map the situation before telecare is introduced. Building on science and technology studies, we apply four categories as heuristics to analyse materiality in care: signs, dis/enablers (or scripted things), tools and practical arrangements. We leave open the question of how material arrangements could or should be matters of concern in nursing care, and instead argue for studies that give insights into the everyday tinkering with the materiality of care that both nurses and patients need to engage in

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