School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Gate 1 Knighton Road, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
Health Place. 2011 Jan;17(1):353-60. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.015. Epub 2010 Dec 7.
To extend knowledge of relationships between people and domestic settings in the context of medication use, we conducted fieldwork in twenty households in New Zealand. These households contained a range of 'medicative' forms, including prescription drugs, traditional remedies, dietary supplements and enhanced foods. The location and use of these substances within domestic dwellings speaks to processes of emplacement and identity in the creation of spaces for care. Our analysis contributes to current understandings of the ways in which objects from 'outside' the home come to be woven into relationships, identities and meanings 'inside' the home. We demonstrate that, as well as being pharmacological objects, medications are complex, socially embedded objects with histories and memories that are ingrained within contemporary relationships of care and home-making practices.
为了扩展人们与家庭环境在药物使用方面关系的知识，我们在新西兰的 20 个家庭中进行了实地调查。这些家庭中包含了一系列“药用”形式，包括处方药、传统疗法、膳食补充剂和强化食品。这些物质在住宅内的位置和使用情况反映了在创造护理空间的过程中定位和身份认同。我们的分析有助于当前理解“家外”物品如何融入家庭内部的关系、身份和意义。我们证明，药物不仅是药理学上的物品，而且是复杂的、具有社会背景的物品，具有历史和记忆，这些都深深植根于当代护理关系和家庭制作实践中。
