Institutional Ethnographies of Public Health, Health Systems, and Healthwork

Institutional Ethnographers have made significant contributions to understanding healthcare organizations, public health systems, and the governance of health. This session invites papers that employ, extend, or critically engage Institutional Ethnography in the study of public health, healthcare systems, and the actualities of healthwork. We welcome empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions that consider how health policies, programs, technologies, administrative practices professional standards, and other forms of rule impact patients and practitioners in the everyday world.