Relational Harm: On the Divisive Effects of Global Health Volunteering at a Hospital in Rural Zambia.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Epub Date: 2024-03-04 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2024.2322435

James Wintrup

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Abstract

Drawing on ethnographic research at a hospital in rural Zambia, I show how the presence of white Christian medical volunteers from the United States damaged relations between local health workers and patients. Working from a position of economic and racial privilege, medical volunteers received praise from many patients and residents. However, these positive attitudes incited resentment among many Zambian health workers who felt that their own efforts and expertise were being undervalued or ignored. Focusing on these disrupted relationships, I argue that it is crucial to understand how global health volunteering can produce enduring forms of "relational harm".

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关系伤害：赞比亚农村医院全球医疗志愿服务的分化效应。

通过对赞比亚农村地区一家医院的人种学研究，我展示了来自美国的白人基督教医疗志愿者是如何破坏当地医务工作者与病人之间的关系的。医疗志愿者拥有经济和种族特权，他们的工作得到了许多病人和居民的称赞。然而，这些积极的态度激起了许多赞比亚医务工作者的不满，他们认为自己的努力和专业知识被低估或忽视了。以这些被破坏的关系为重点，我认为理解全球医疗志愿服务如何产生持久的 "关系伤害 "是至关重要的。

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