Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV

Who provides informal care? What help informal caregivers do provide it and at what costs? This contribution examines the Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos in looking at the materiality of its technologies in the everyday and the ordinary. We aim to tackle this issue in approachi...

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Autores principales: Phonevilay Viphonephom, Pascale Hancart Petitet, Didier Bertrand, Nicolas El Haïk-Wagner, Phimpha Paboriboune
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f88a00e2bd8546e8ab6ed7e8ff16c5602021-12-02T11:35:10ZBiomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV1620-32242262-836310.4000/moussons.8057https://doaj.org/article/f88a00e2bd8546e8ab6ed7e8ff16c5602021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/moussons/8057https://doaj.org/toc/1620-3224https://doaj.org/toc/2262-8363Who provides informal care? What help informal caregivers do provide it and at what costs? This contribution examines the Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos in looking at the materiality of its technologies in the everyday and the ordinary. We aim to tackle this issue in approaching the daily lives of children living with HIV from the point of view of the people who are taking care of them, the so-called informal caregivers. The paper highlights the constraints created by caregiving responsibilities, and the emerging issues related to HIV disclosure, stigma and discrimination and conflicting feelings. The informal caregivers’ narratives underline how families, institutions and local, national and transnational institutions are assigning care work. Informal care offers a lens to explore the social and gender health inequalities, both interrelated with, and too often disregard by the biomedical science.Phonevilay ViphonephomPascale Hancart PetitetDidier BertrandNicolas El Haïk-WagnerPhimpha PaboribouneUniversité de Provencearticlebiomedical sciencechildren living with HIVinformal caregiversLaosHistory of AsiaDS1-937Social SciencesHENFRMoussons, Vol 38, Pp 111-135 (2021)
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topic biomedical science
children living with HIV
informal caregivers
Laos
History of Asia
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children living with HIV
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History of Asia
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Phonevilay Viphonephom
Pascale Hancart Petitet
Didier Bertrand
Nicolas El Haïk-Wagner
Phimpha Paboriboune
Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV
description Who provides informal care? What help informal caregivers do provide it and at what costs? This contribution examines the Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos in looking at the materiality of its technologies in the everyday and the ordinary. We aim to tackle this issue in approaching the daily lives of children living with HIV from the point of view of the people who are taking care of them, the so-called informal caregivers. The paper highlights the constraints created by caregiving responsibilities, and the emerging issues related to HIV disclosure, stigma and discrimination and conflicting feelings. The informal caregivers’ narratives underline how families, institutions and local, national and transnational institutions are assigning care work. Informal care offers a lens to explore the social and gender health inequalities, both interrelated with, and too often disregard by the biomedical science.
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author Phonevilay Viphonephom
Pascale Hancart Petitet
Didier Bertrand
Nicolas El Haïk-Wagner
Phimpha Paboriboune
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Didier Bertrand
Nicolas El Haïk-Wagner
Phimpha Paboriboune
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title Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV
title_short Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV
title_full Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV
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title_full_unstemmed Biomedical Science’s Embodiments in Contemporary Laos. Informal Caregivers and Children Living with HIV
title_sort biomedical science’s embodiments in contemporary laos. informal caregivers and children living with hiv
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