1.
Med Anthropol
; 39(7): 573-581, 2020 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33035105
2.
Med Anthropol
; 39(7): 624-637, 2020 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32049550
RESUMO
Communication plays an important role in the non-copresent care that is increasingly prevalent today. Drawing on long-term research with transnational Salvadoran families, I explore how one multigenerational kin network managed a health crisis: a family member had been diagnosed with a new form of chronic kidney disease that is epidemic in rural Central American communities. The family used cross-border communication to simultaneously enact care and consolidate a particular register of care. I suggest that everyday communication is a powerful force that works both within and beyond immediate care work encounters in ways that have far-reaching consequences for ethical and moral life.