Ethical and Epistemological Implications of Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork as a Researcher-cum-Clinician in Brussels, Belgium

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4564467
AutoresDirk Lafaut (0000-0002-2109-2974, Department of History, Archeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium), Lisa Dikomitis (0000-0002-5752-3270, University of Kent, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen43
Número6
Páginas538-552
Fecha de publicación2024-08-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2024.2386583
OpenAlexW4401386433
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas43

We draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Brussels (Belgium) on the health care experiences of undocumented migrants. We explore the implications of the double position of the ethnographer, who is both a researcher and a practicing doctor. We describe how the intimate knowledge the ethnographer-cum-clinician holds about the health care system influenced and shaped the data collection, analysis and subsequent policy recommendations. We examine the ethical dilemmas in conducting research from an engaged position about care practices toward vulnerable populations in one’s own professional field. We conclude with recommendations on how to challenge and interrupt complexities faced by multi-positioned ethnographers

Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Health care · Participant observation · Political science · Position (finance · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Identity, and Health · Nursing · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics