Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. Anthropology Dept.
Advisor(s)
Chandra Bhimull
Second Advisor
Mary Beth Mills
Abstract
This honors thesis explores the fluctuating and dynamic nature of pediatric cancer care. I discuss the ways in which pediatric medical providers make meaningful interactions both for themselves and for their patients by enacting a caring liminality that allows them to fight disease while also creating a more personal, relational, and social moment of care. Providers care and work in shifting landscapes of care, what I call carescapes. The carescapes of the built environment, of value, and of physical movement all make the provider’s liminality visible. Ultimately, I argue that care is a way of being in the world, a way to make meaning in the midst of sickness and doubt.
Keywords
care, pediatrics, cancer, liminality, emotional labor, Minnesota
Recommended Citation
Friedrich, Anne, "A Constellation of Caring: The Dynamic and Fluctuating Nature of Pediatric Cancer Care" (2015). Honors Theses. Paper 776.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/776
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