A politics of what

The enactment of peritoneal dialysis in indigenous Australians

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2265833
AutoresAlexandra L Mccarthy (0000-0002-8979-2926, Griffith University), Alexandra Mccarthy, Kristine Martin‐mcdonald (0009-0004-6079-5279, University of Alberta)
Año2007
Volumen29
Número1
Páginas82-99
Fecha de publicación2007-01-01
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/j.1467-9566.2007.00520.x
PMID17286707
OpenAlexW2148756342
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

This paper explores, on the one hand, the requirements of the technologies and practices that have been developed for a particular type of renal patient and health network in Australia. On the other, we examine the cultural and practical specificities entailed in the performance of these technologies and practices in the Indigenous Australian context. The praxiographic orientation of the actor-network approach - which has been called 'the politics of what' (Mol 2002) - enabled us to understand the difficulties involved in translating renal healthcare networks across cultural contexts in Australia; to understand the dynamic and contested nature of these networks; and to suggest possible strategies that make use of the tensions between these two disparate networks in ways that might ensure better healthcare for Indigenous renal patients

Context (archaeology · Geography · Health care · Indigenous · Peritoneal dialysis · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Ecology · Ethics in Clinical Research · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement