Beyond the realist turn: a socio ‐material analysis of heart failure self‐care

This study draws on 10 interviews as well as researcher reflections from a larger study exploring health care teams for patients with advanced HF. Leveraging insights from actor‐network theory (ANT), this study provides two rich narratives about the contextual factors that influence HF self‐care. These descriptions portray not self‐care contexts but self‐care assemblages, which we discuss in light of socio‐materiality.

Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - January 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Allan McDougall, Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, Mark Goldszmidt, Karen Harkness, Patricia Strachan, Lorelei Lingard Tags: Original Article Source Type: research