Tag: diagnosis

Working Group, Katarina Sawtelle

diagnosis, drowning, first aid, history, Risk perception, water safety

Katarina Sawtelle, an anesthesiologist at MaineHealth and an M.A. graduate from Johns Hopkins, presented an article based on her thesis, which examines the life-saving efforts of the British Royal Humane Society from the late-1700s to early-1800s. Her talk described some of the public spaces where these life-saving activities occurred and changing historical ideas about the drowned and…
Working Group, Zeynel Gul

anthropology, diagnosis, disability, law, uncertainty, workplace safety

Zeynel Gul from the University of Illinois, Chicago, presented some material from his book project on the diagnostic and legal uncertainty surrounding silicosis cases in Turkey. His presentation described how the procedures used to arbitrate occupational health discount the experiences of workers themselves and demonstrated the fuzziness of the line between injuries and illnesses.

Working Group, Katarina Sawtelle