CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Carework and medical travel:
Exploring the emotional dimensions of caring on the move
Edited by Cecilia Vindrola-Padros
(University College London, UK)
Global connectivity can change perceptions of the care available to patients, as they no longer need to restrict themselves to what is available locally (Kangas 2007). In a way, the possibility to travel to seek care elsewhere enacts feelings of hope as the chance of finding treatment, relief or a cure are now plausible. Emotional states prevalent during travel (i.e. wonder, anxiety, fear, excitement) are compounded by emotions associated with diagnosis (i.e. uncertainty) and treatment (i.e. hope), creating a complex web of feelings for those seeking and delivering care. Emotions guide decisions to seek care elsewhere, they influence the selection of destinations, shape the experience of care and permeate stories of medical travel told to others upon return. Emotions also guide the carework performed by professionals ‘tending the bodies of patients’ (Ackerman 2010) as well as those who travel with patients who seek care elsewhere (Vindrola-Padros and Brage 2017). Medical travel brokers provide solace and comfort to anxious and worried patients (Speier, 2011). The caring duties of family members extend beyond local borders as they provide care to medical travelers on the move or take on new responsibilities in the place of origin (Kangas 2007).
This edited volume seeks to explore the interconnection between carework, travel, and healthcare. Contributions should aim to explore at least one of the following questions:
* How do acts of curing, moving and caring overlap?
* How is carework shaped by the need to move to other locations for medical services?
* How is travel configured and experienced by ill travelers who require care from family members or healthcare workers?
* What are the different layers of care involved in medical travel?
* How are processes of caring and carework conceptualised in cases where medical travel journeys are never enacted and only remain in the imagination?
The volume will bring together contributions from a wide range of disciplines and geographical contexts. If you are interested in preparing a chapter manuscript, please send an abstract (max. 500 words) and short biography (max. 200 words) to Cecilia Vindrola ([log in to unmask])<mailto:[log in to unmask])> by 14 July 2019. Full chapter manuscripts will be due in January 2020.
References
Ackerman, S. (2010). Plastic paradise: Transforming bodies and selves in Costa Rica’s cosmetic surgery tourism industry. Medical Anthropology 29(4), 403-423.
Kangas, B. (2007). Hope from abroad in the international medical travel of Yemeni patients. Anthropology and Medicine, 14(3), 293-305.
Speier, A. (2011). Brokers, consumers and the Internet: How North American consumers navigate their infertility journeys. Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 23(5), 592-599.
Vindrola-Padros, C. & Brage, E. (2017). Child medical travel in Argentina: Narratives of family separation and moving away from home. In C. R. Ergler & R. A. Kearnes (Eds.), Children’s health and wellbeing in urban environments. London: UK: Routledge.
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