A politics of what: the enactment of peritoneal dialysis in indigenous Australians


Autoria(s): McCarthy, Alexandra; Martin-McDonald, Kristine
Data(s)

01/01/2007

Resumo

This paper explores, on the one hand, the requirements of the technologies and practices that have been developed for a particular type of renal patient and health network in Australia. On the other, we examine the cultural and practical specificities entailed in the performance of these technologies and practices in the Indigenous Australian context. The praxiographic orientation of the actor-network approach – which has been called 'the politics of what' (Mol 2002) – enabled us to understand the difficulties involved in translating renal healthcare networks across cultural contexts in Australia; to understand the dynamic and contested nature of these networks; and to suggest possible strategies that make use of the tensions between these two disparate networks in ways that might ensure better healthcare for Indigenous renal patients.<br />

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007107

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Blackwell Publishing Limited

Relação

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00520.x

Direitos

2007, The Authors

Palavras-Chave #actor-network theory #peritoneal dialysis #rural Indigenous Australians
Tipo

Journal Article