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Time Control During Colorectal Cancer Treatment

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ID4588823
AuthorsJuliette Bontemps (0009-0007-3178-7829, corresponding author), Jean Bontemps (Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume382
Pages118384
Publication date2025-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118384
PMID40627923
OpenAlexW4412044381
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

This article explores the relationship between time and power in the context of colorectal care. How can institutions and their workers (the hospital and doctors) control the time of others (patients)? Using ethnographic methods in hospitals, including observations and interviews, I illustrate the temporal dimension of the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors set expectations for patients' time management and availability to amend their habits and the organization of their treatment. At the same time, doctors' work is framed by the limits of the hospital's organization. While physicians may not be able to control their own time, they can control the time of others, placing them in a position of dominance in their relationships with patients

Cancer · Colorectal cancer · Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Oncology

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