2023
DOI: 10.5871/jba/011s6.031
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You have to do some dhora-dhori’: achieving medical maternal health expectations through trust as social practice in Bangladesh

Janet E Perkins

Abstract: In contrast to prevailing conceptualisations of ‘trust’ as an object in popular and political discourses, this article takes the concept of trust as future-oriented practice as a launching pad for understanding relationships between people and medical systems in Bangladesh. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Bangladeshi peri-urban and rural spaces, it focuses on expectations related to advanced maternal biomedical technologies delivered through medical institutions. These technologies have recently come to dom… Show more

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