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Reflections on ethnography in medicine

Dikomitis, Lisa (2016) Reflections on ethnography in medicine. The Cyprus Review, 28 (1). pp. 85-97. ISSN 1015-2881. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:98497)

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Abstract

After conducting many years of ‘classical’ ethnographic fieldwork among refugees in Cyprus, I started field research in hospitals, community settings, and medical schools in Belgium,England, and Cyprus. My collaborations with clinical and biomedical scientists have led to an ongoing dialogue about ethnographic fieldwork and ethnographic writing. I discuss, through some ethnographic vignettes from my own research journey, some challenges that academics who work in medical research units may face in their engagements with ethnography. Stefan Beck’s work speaks to researchers from different social, biomedical and clinical disciplines.

I show that ethnographic work, such as that by Beck, raises the profile of social scientific work in medicine and demonstrates the potential of ethnography in medicine.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Kent and Medway Medical School
Depositing User: Manfred Gschwandtner
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2022 17:31 UTC
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2022 11:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98497 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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