The article reviews the impact of post-structuralism and postmodern social theory upon
health sociology during the past 20 years. It then addresses the emergence of new …

This paper explores the variety of socio-material arrangements that enable older people to
continue living independently. Drawing on a collection of ethnographic observations and …

Danish adults with type 1 diabetes value peer-to-peer interaction through the social media
platform Facebook as a way to quickly exchange knowledge on essential everyday self-care …

This article focuses on the ways in which a flash glucose monitoring system, FreeStyle
Libre®, is introduced and used by people living with type 1 diabetes, their relatives and …

Living as a parent and self‐care surrogate of a young child with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is
demanding and a disruption to 'normal'routinised daily living. Research has mainly focused …

The material turn in social theory has put the study of objects at the centre of any attempt to
comprehend the production of social order, but only recently has their affectivity become an …

Purpose–Personal Health Record (PHR) systems make possible to integrate data from
different sources and circulate them within the illness care and management network. The …

CSCW has previously investigated the" information work" that patients do in relation to their
health, illnesses, and treatments. Our study contributes to this ongoing stream of work by …

Self-monitoring, by which individuals record and appraise ongoing information about the
status of their body in order to improve their health, has been a key element in the personal …

Drawing on ethnographic observations of diabetes (self-) management in French-speaking
Switzerland and semi-structured interviews with healthcare practitioners, people living with …