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Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan()
This study draws upon interviews of medical staff working in the city of Minamisoma, Japan, following the 2011 Triple Disaster. It investigates staff responses to the disruption of material resources as a consequence of the disaster and its management. The disruption of spaces, and the loss of oxyge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28917620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.011 |
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author | Abeysinghe, Sudeepa Leppold, Claire Ozaki, Akihiko Morita, Mariko Tsubokura, Masaharu |
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description | This study draws upon interviews of medical staff working in the city of Minamisoma, Japan, following the 2011 Triple Disaster. It investigates staff responses to the disruption of material resources as a consequence of the disaster and its management. The disruption of spaces, and the loss of oxygen supplies, food, and medications impacted upon staff experience and the ability of institutions to care for patients. This resulted in a restructuring of spaces and materials as workers made efforts to reconfigure and reestablish healthcare functions. This is one of the few qualitative studies which draws upon the experience and perspectives of health workers in understanding material disruption following disaster. This is particularly important since this case did not involve the breakdown of lifeline infrastructure, but rather, brought to attention the way everyday material objects shape social experience. In highlighting these effects, the paper makes the case for the social scientific investigation of the impact of disasters on healthcare, shedding light on an area of research currently dominated by disaster medicine. |
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spelling | pubmed-56302022017-10-11 Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() Abeysinghe, Sudeepa Leppold, Claire Ozaki, Akihiko Morita, Mariko Tsubokura, Masaharu Soc Sci Med Article This study draws upon interviews of medical staff working in the city of Minamisoma, Japan, following the 2011 Triple Disaster. It investigates staff responses to the disruption of material resources as a consequence of the disaster and its management. The disruption of spaces, and the loss of oxygen supplies, food, and medications impacted upon staff experience and the ability of institutions to care for patients. This resulted in a restructuring of spaces and materials as workers made efforts to reconfigure and reestablish healthcare functions. This is one of the few qualitative studies which draws upon the experience and perspectives of health workers in understanding material disruption following disaster. This is particularly important since this case did not involve the breakdown of lifeline infrastructure, but rather, brought to attention the way everyday material objects shape social experience. In highlighting these effects, the paper makes the case for the social scientific investigation of the impact of disasters on healthcare, shedding light on an area of research currently dominated by disaster medicine. Pergamon 2017-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5630202/ /pubmed/28917620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.011 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abeysinghe, Sudeepa Leppold, Claire Ozaki, Akihiko Morita, Mariko Tsubokura, Masaharu Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title | Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title_full | Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title_fullStr | Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title_full_unstemmed | Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title_short | Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan() |
title_sort | disappearing everyday materials: the displacement of medical resources following disaster in fukushima, japan() |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28917620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.011 |
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