Kate Abney
Biographic Data
| ID | 136258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Abney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Abney |
| SIGNATURE | ABNEY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0348-0877 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
"Containing" tuberculosis, perpetuating stigma
This paper analyses the role of the N95 respirator mask distributed by state-funded treatment programmes to patients who are undergoing treatment for different forms of tuberculosis (TB). Although mask-wearing protocol aims to physically "contain" TB, and thus stem the airborne spread of disease, this paper looks at the other properties N95 masks possess as social and material objects. Drawing upon ethnographic research undertaken in Khayelitsha …
Challenges in Exploratory Methods for Tuberculosis Research in South Africa
Haunted by a legacy of apartheid governance that left millions in material poverty, South Africa has among the highest tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality rates in the world. Our Social Markers of TB research project shared a vision of working with ethnographic research methods to understand TB-infected persons, their families, care providers, and social networks. We argue that felt and enacted TB stigma and the related HIV-TB stigma impair…
The Construction of Troubled and Credible Patients
In this article, the authors select two categories of dying patients, "troubled" and "credible," from two larger studies conducted in three palliative care settings. They explore how nurses construct dying patients' moral identities and how they use emotion talk to interpret patients' behavior. The authors carried out a microanalysis of talk-in-action using discourse analysis and conversation analysis. Strategies used for the construction of mora…
The Construction of Troubled and Credible Patients
In this article, the authors select two categories of dying patients, "troubled" and "credible," from two larger studies conducted in three palliative care settings. They explore how nurses construct dying patients' moral identities and how they use emotion talk to interpret patients' behavior. The authors carried out a microanalysis of talk-in-action using discourse analysis and conversation analysis. Strategies used for the construction of mora…
"Containing" tuberculosis, perpetuating stigma
This paper analyses the role of the N95 respirator mask distributed by state-funded treatment programmes to patients who are undergoing treatment for different forms of tuberculosis (TB). Although mask-wearing protocol aims to physically "contain" TB, and thus stem the airborne spread of disease, this paper looks at the other properties N95 masks possess as social and material objects. Drawing upon ethnographic research undertaken in Khayelitsha …
The Construction of Troubled and Credible Patients
In this article, the authors select two categories of dying patients, "troubled" and "credible," from two larger studies conducted in three palliative care settings. They explore how nurses construct dying patients' moral identities and how they use emotion talk to interpret patients' behavior. The authors carried out a microanalysis of talk-in-action using discourse analysis and conversation analysis. Strategies used for the construction of mora…
Challenges in Exploratory Methods for Tuberculosis Research in South Africa
Haunted by a legacy of apartheid governance that left millions in material poverty, South Africa has among the highest tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality rates in the world. Our Social Markers of TB research project shared a vision of working with ethnographic research methods to understand TB-infected persons, their families, care providers, and social networks. We argue that felt and enacted TB stigma and the related HIV-TB stigma impair…
"Containing" tuberculosis, perpetuating stigma
This paper analyses the role of the N95 respirator mask distributed by state-funded treatment programmes to patients who are undergoing treatment for different forms of tuberculosis (TB). Although mask-wearing protocol aims to physically "contain" TB, and thus stem the airborne spread of disease, this paper looks at the other properties N95 masks possess as social and material objects. Drawing upon ethnographic research undertaken in Khayelitsha …
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Tuberculosis (2 works) · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (2 works) · Action research (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)