Adoption of Diabetes Technology in Denmark
Continuous Glucose Monitor as Time-Machine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4564563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Astrid Andrea Anesen (0000-0002-0890-3453, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 428-440 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2024.2362883 |
| PMID | 38924708 |
| OpenAlex | W4400061407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
Health technologies to monitor glucose values are an important part of daily diabetes self-care. Based on 12 months of fieldwork in Denmark with 14 people with type 2 diabetes, I explore people's experience of living with Continuous Glucose Monitoring. This new technology automatically measures glucose levels throughout the day but is not yet common in type 2 diabetes treatment in Denmark. In this article, I capture the social shaping of Continuous Glucose Monitoring, employing the concept of time. I show how adoption of the technology is embedded in a form of biographical time. This refers to people's use of the technology linked to their stories about themselves. Drawing on a notion of habitus, people's embodied past experiences and future prospects come to shape its use, I propose. My main claim is that while people with diabetes implement the technology into their lives in unique ways, adapting it to their circumstances and social conditions, practice of Continuous Glucose Monitoring reproduce social structures. This is evinced, I argue, in people's tinkering with the technology and the frames of reference used to inform it. I introduce the term "tinkering in time", highlighting the introduction of new health technology within the frame of lived human time
Continuous glucose monitoring · Diabetes mellitus · Embodied cognition · Ethnography · Frame (networking · Habitus · Sociology · Telecommunications · Type 1 diabetes · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Diabetes Management and Education · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Obesity and Health Practices · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |