@article{fdi:010076547,
  title = {'{T}hey'll inject you and you'll die' : from medication non-compliance to acceptance in {G}uinea's {E}bola treatment units},
  author = {{S}ams, {K}. and {D}esclaux, {A}lice and {S}ow, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}uring the 2013-2016 {W}est {A}frican {E}bola epidemic, medical emergency response teams negotiated a context marked by public hysteria and fear to prevent the spread of the virus and treat those already infected. {H}owever, the presence and work of {E}bola response teams added to suspicions provoked by the rapid increase in numbers of dead and dying and by locally unintelligible emergency measures. {B}ased on data collected from 40 young adult 'survivors' between 16 and 29 years of age who were hospitalized for {E}bola during the epidemic, this article examines how pharmaceutical treatments were accepted (or not) by patients in ebola treatment units ({ETU}). {T}hree key questions guide this analysis: (1) {D}id hospitalized individuals adhere with or refuse treatments offered at {ETU}s? (2) {D}id their attitudes change over the course of their hospitalization? (3) {W}hich factors influenced refusal of treatment or compliance? {T}o the authors' knowledge, no previous studies have explored the resistance of hospitalized patients to treatment in {E}bola centers. {T}his article, in addition to exploring patients' practices and related perceptions of treatment with evolving meanings in this outbreak crisis situation, also presents practical recommendations for future {E}bola interventions as well as theoretical knowledge about the circulation and transformation of socially constructed representations of medications.},
  keywords = {{E}bola ; {G}uinea ; medication ; treatment ; resistance ; {GUINEE} ; {CONAKRY}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nthropology and {M}edicine},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {1--16},
  ISSN = {1364-8470},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1080/13648470.2019.1615749},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076547},
}