Rehsmann, Julia (2017). Fighting Hydra: The Uncertainties of Waiting for a Liver Transplant TSANTSA – Journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association, 22, pp. 47-56. Seismo https://doi.org/10.36950/tsantsa.2017.22.7346
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This article sheds light on the experiences of people waiting for a liver transplant. I argue that waiting lists serve as a technological tool to deal with the uncertainties inherent in medicine, but like Hercules fi ghting Hydra, one tamed uncertainty is merely replaced by two new ones. Drawing on ethnographic material from Germany, I argue that these lists retain those waiting in a temporal limbo of uncertain duration and outcome, making them spatially, temporally and existentially immobile.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
School of Health Professions > Nursing School of Health Professions > Nursing > Field of Innovation – Psychosocial Health |
Name: |
Rehsmann, Julia 0000-0003-3895-3264 |
Subjects: |
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
ISSN: |
2673-5377 |
Publisher: |
Seismo |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Julia Rehsmann |
Date Deposited: |
22 Mar 2022 10:28 |
Last Modified: |
10 May 2023 10:39 |
Publisher DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.36950/tsantsa.2017.22.7346 |
ARBOR DOI: |
10.24451/arbor.16504 |
URI: |
https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/16504 |
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