title: Doing 'technological time' in a pediatric hemodialysis unit: an ethnography of children.
abstract: Since the 1960s, hemodialysis has been a common intervention for children with end-stage renal disease, however little is known about how they experience hospital-based hemodialysis. A focused ethnography was undertaken to explore children׳s perspectives of the time, space and technology of a hemodialysis unit at a Canadian pediatric urban hospital. The children׳s temporal and socio-spatial positions were an effect of their technologically mediated embodiment and shaped their perspectives, evaluations and expectations. The findings suggest that further explorations are needed to envision ways to create with children an overall positive place that merges and balances technological care with child focused care.
authors.affiliation: University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada L1H 7K4. Electronic address: hilde.zitzelsberger@uoit.ca.
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zitzelsberger
authors.affiliation: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.affiliation: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada.
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chambon
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathryn P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spalding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Children; Hemodialysis; Space; Technology; Time