Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10502862 | Health & Place | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
To extend knowledge of relationships between people and domestic settings in the context of medication use, we conducted fieldwork in twenty households in New Zealand. These households contained a range of 'medicative' forms, including prescription drugs, traditional remedies, dietary supplements and enhanced foods. The location and use of these substances within domestic dwellings speaks to processes of emplacement and identity in the creation of spaces for care. Our analysis contributes to current understandings of the ways in which objects from 'outside' the home come to be woven into relationships, identities and meanings 'inside' the home. We demonstrate that, as well as being pharmacological objects, medications are complex, socially embedded objects with histories and memories that are ingrained within contemporary relationships of care and home-making practices.
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Authors
Darrin Hodgetts, Kerry Chamberlain, Jon Gabe, Kevin Dew, Alan Radley, Helen Madden, Pauline Norris, Linda Waimarie Nikora,