Search Results - "Medical anthropology"

Pregnancy, Birth and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States by Davis-Floyd, Robbie, Gutschow, Kim, Schwartz, David A

“…How quickly and in what ways are US maternity care practices changing due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Our data indicate that partners and doulas are being…”
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COVID-19, Risk, Fear, and Fall-out by Manderson, Lenore, Levine, Susan

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How COVID-19 Reveals Structures of Vulnerability by Team, Victoria, Manderson, Lenore

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Making Sense of Rumor and Fear: Op-Ed by Ali, Inayat

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Structural Vulnerability and Health: Latino Migrant Laborers in the United States by Quesada, James, Hart, Laurie Kain, Bourgois, Philippe

“…Latino immigrants in the United States constitute a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to structural violence. Their subordinated location in the…”
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Plague Masks: The Visual Emergence of Anti-Epidemic Personal Protection Equipment by Lynteris, Christos

“…Often described as "masks" face-worn devices are employed as personal protection equipment by health workers and the general public and considered to be an…”
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Chronic Living in a Communicable World by Manderson, Lenore, Wahlberg, Ayo

“…By April 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns had restricted the movements of over half the world's population. As health authorities advise people living with chronic…”
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What Went Wrong: Corona and the World after the Full Stop by Caduff, Carlo

“…This article examines the global response to the Covid‐19 pandemic. It argues that we urgently need to look beyond the virus if we want to understand the real…”
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Slow Research: Thoughts for a Movement in Global Health by Adams, Vincanne, Burke, Nancy J., Whitmarsh, Ian

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Obstetric Violence as Reproductive Governance in the Dominican Republic by Castro, Arachu, Savage, Virginia

“…A human rights violation, obstetric violence encompasses numerous forms of mistreatment against women giving birth in health care facilities. Based on this…”
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The First Thousand Days: Motherhood, Scientific Knowledge, and Local Histories by Pentecost, Michelle, Ross, Fiona

“…Since 2013, South African nutrition policy focuses on "the first thousand days," (conception to two years), informed by Developmental Origins of Health and…”
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Centering Race and Racism in Reproduction by Valdez, Natali, Deomampo, Daisy

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Ebola and Public Authority: Saving Loved Ones in Sierra Leone by Parker, Melissa, Hanson, Tommy Matthew, Vandi, Ahmed, Babawo, Lawrence Sao, Allen, Tim

“…It is unclear how public authorities shaped responses to Ebola in Sierra Leone. Focusing on one village, we analyze what happened when "staff, stuff, space,…”
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Familial Vulnerability: Legal Status and Mental Health within Mixed-Status Families by Logan, Ryan I., Melo, Milena A., Castañeda, Heide

“…Mental and emotional well-being are intimately entangled with immigration status, personal relationships, and the broader political environment. Drawing on…”
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From Cruddiness to Catastrophe: COVID-19 and Long-term Care in Ontario by Badone, Ellen

“…Over 80% of Canadian COVID-19 first wave deaths occurred in long-term care homes. Focussing on Ontario, I trace the antecedents of the COVID-19 crisis in…”
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Healing with Ayahuasca the Plant Teacher: Psychedelic Metaphoricity and Polyontologies by Gearin, Alex K.

“…Shamans, neo-shamans, atheists, and others describe gaining special knowledge from drinking ayahuasca, supporting the cross-cultural idea of ayahuasca as a…”
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“Canary in the Coal Mine”: Hope and Emergency in the Management of Measles by Rabi, Michael

“…Exploring the relationship between governmental infectious disease management and emergency systems, I examine the turn to emergency in European measles…”
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Research, HIV/AIDS, and Turning Waria into a Key Population in Indonesia: An Ethnographic Oral History by Hegarty, Benjamin, Thajib, Ferdiansyah, Handayani, Amalia Puri, Mallay, Rully, Marischa, Arum

“…The history of HIV/AIDS is often told from the Global North, a viewpoint that is naturalized in policies and programs that privilege biomedical models of…”
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Travelling Thai Surrogate Mothers: Required and Restricted Mobility in Transnational Surrogacy by Nilsson, Elina

“…In response to the changing landscape of transnational surrogacy, the industry has introduced flexible business models requiring women to move within and…”
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Bureaucracy and Surveillance-Care: The Partograph in Tanzanian Maternity Care by Strong, Adrienne E.

“…Based on fieldwork in maternity wards in Tanzania, I argue that the partograph - a graphical representation of a pregnant woman's labor - far exceeds its…”
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