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Complaints, sensitivities and responsibility : an ethnographic investigation into the debates concerning the care of Bangladeshi mothers in the East End
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Griffith, Laura (2008) Complaints, sensitivities and responsibility : an ethnographic investigation into the debates concerning the care of Bangladeshi mothers in the East End. International Migration, Volume 46 (Number 5). pp. 143-166. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00492.x ISSN 0020-7985.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00492.x
Abstract
The subject of this paper is a maternity services awareness day organised by a community centre in the East End of London. In what I interpret as the fractured political landscape of Tower Hamlets (in East London), this event formed a rare focus for the diverse groups of people I worked with in my fieldwork and provides a focal point through which to reflect upon issues of diaspora, culture and health care. This paper attempts to analyse the public voices of a diasporic community which were challenging mainstream health provision. In this paper, I suggest that the voicing of complaint both reified and contested the needs of Bangladeshi mothers specifically, yet did not alter the services provided. The ways in which "culture" is used or discarded as a critical platform on which to base claims about health care are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bangladeshis -- Health and hygiene -- England -- London, Minority women -- Health and hygiene -- England -- London | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Migration | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 0020-7985 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 46 | ||||
Number: | Number 5 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 24 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 143-166 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00492.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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