日本のプライマリ・ケア医のコロナワクチン接種の実践についての文化人類学的考察――スケーラビリティとノンスケーラビリティのはざまで

Translated title of the contribution: How have Japanese primary care physicians carried out vaccinations against COVID-19?: Attempts at making the non-scalable ‘scalable’

Shuhei Kimura, Sachiko Horiguchi, Ryohei Goto, Junko Iida, Sachiko Ozone, M. Kaneko, Junko Teruyama, Yusuke Hama, Junji Haruta, Junichiro Miyachi

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Abstract

Vaccine rollouts have been underway to combat the COVID-19 pandemic globally. Based on ongoing interviews with ten primary care physicians ‘in the field’, this paper elucidates how in practice the vaccinations were carried out in Japan in 2021 from a cultural anthropological perspective. We examine what the primary care physicians did to prepare for the rollouts, what problems they faced, and how they responded to these problems. Large-scale vaccination projects are supposed to proceed smoothly and quickly, or to have what Anna Tsing calls ‘scalability’. In practice, however, they required a variety of tasks for coordination, information sharing, and promotion. Despite feeling stressed by the lack of information and exhausted by the work overload, the primary care physicians carried out the vaccinations as an important service to their patients and communities. The findings of this paper will provide valuable materials for improving future vaccine rollouts.

Translated title of the contributionHow have Japanese primary care physicians carried out vaccinations against COVID-19?: Attempts at making the non-scalable ‘scalable’
Original languageJapanese
Article number1268
JournalF1000Research
Volume11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Immunology and Microbiology(all)
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)

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