This paper explores the boundary-making practices enacted by the hospital. Taking a
hospital in Sydney, Australia, as our case, we investigate how the hospital holds together as …

Abstract Background The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates a 10 million health
worker shortage by 2030. Despite this shortage, some low-income African countries …

This article draws on ethnographic research investigating experimental reform projects in
local nursing practices. These are aimed at strengthening nursing work and fostering nurses' …

Driven by questions of whether health systems around the world fulfil fundamental goals-
including accessibility, quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness-performance is often seen as a …

This article proposes and outlines a new metaphor–'wrangling for health'–to think about the
health seeking efforts occurring within the complex and exhausting everyday realities of …

This paper examines health worker experiences in two areas of post-epidemic
preparedness in Sierra Leone–vaccine trials and laboratory strengthening–to reflect on the …

Objectives The inadequate provision of language interpretation for people with limited
English proficiency (LEP) is a determinant of poor health, yet interpreters are underused …

Drawing on ethnographic research at a hospital in rural Zambia, I show how the presence of
white Christian medical volunteers from the United States damaged relations between local …

This dissertation investigates the convergence of the nation-state, biomedicine and (bio)
capital around the construction of sickle cell disease as a subaltern disorder in the caste …

Abstract Background In May 2020, the Scottish Government launched Test and Protect, a
test, trace and isolate programme for COVID-19 that includes a PCR testing component. The …