TY - JOUR
T1 - Careography
T2 - Staff Experiences of Navigating Decisions in Neonatology in Denmark
AU - Navne, Laura E.
AU - Svendsen, Mette N.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - In this article, we explore medical doctors’ moral experiences of being responsible for decisions on the lives and sometimes deaths of infants in a Danish Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Drawing on fieldwork, we investigate how clinicians navigate the tension between exercising medical authority and enabling parental involvement in decisions. Introducing the term “careography”, we call attention to how the doctors steer this tension through care for the infant, parents, colleagues, and society in ways that help them overcome moral ambivalences. We suggest that “careography” holds analytical potential to bridge anthropological theories of power, experience, and care.
AB - In this article, we explore medical doctors’ moral experiences of being responsible for decisions on the lives and sometimes deaths of infants in a Danish Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Drawing on fieldwork, we investigate how clinicians navigate the tension between exercising medical authority and enabling parental involvement in decisions. Introducing the term “careography”, we call attention to how the doctors steer this tension through care for the infant, parents, colleagues, and society in ways that help them overcome moral ambivalences. We suggest that “careography” holds analytical potential to bridge anthropological theories of power, experience, and care.
U2 - 10.1080/01459740.2017.1313841
DO - 10.1080/01459740.2017.1313841
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28375646
SN - 0145-9740
VL - 37
SP - 253
EP - 266
JO - Medical Anthropology
JF - Medical Anthropology
IS - 3
ER -