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Eliciting Care New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies Series Editors Alfred W. McCoy Ian G. Baird Katherine A. Bowie Anne Ruth Hansen Associate Editors Warwick H. Anderson Ian Coxhead Michael Cullinane Paul D. Hutchcroft Kris Olds Eliciting Care Health and Power in Northern Thailand Bo Kyeong Seo the university of wisconsin press The University of Wisconsin Press 728 State Street, Suite 443 Madison, Wisconsin 53706 uwpress.wisc.edu Gray’s Inn House, 127 Clerkenwell Road London ec1r 5dB, United Kingdom eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2020 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved. Except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any format or by any means—digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—or conveyed via the internet or a website without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press. Rights inquiries should be directed to [email protected]. Printed in the United States of America This book may be available in a digital edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Seo, Bo Kyeong, author. Title: Eliciting care : health and power in northern Thailand / Bo Kyeong Seo. Other titles: New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies. Description: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020] | Series: New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2019041272 | isBn 9780299326906 (hardback) Subjects: lcsh: Medical care—Thailand, Northern. | Medical anthropology— Thailand, Northern. | Health services accessibility—Thailand, Northern. | Caregivers—Thailand, Northern. Classification: lcc gn296.5.t5 s46 2020 | ddc 362.109593—dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041272 For my parents For Philip CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Others’ Unpleasant Feet 3 1 The Government of Care 23 2 Patient Waiting 39 3 Careful Inscription 58 4 Premature Life and Death 78 5 Vulnerability and Nurturance at Home 94 6 Spirits and the Circuitry of Care 118 Conclusion: An Affirmative Politics of Care 140 Notes 149 References 163 Index 181 vii ILLUSTRATIONS Maps Map of Thailand in the region xvi Map of Shan State in the region xvii Photos Different forms of identification for non-Thai citizens 62 A self-diagnosis table for postpartum depression 71 Birth documents 72 Antenatal care logbook 75 The altar for Aunt Uan 123 A picture of a Shan prince 126 Praying at a shrine for spirits 131 Healing chants 133 TaBles Table 1. Total visits to Ban Phaet Hospital antenatal care from October 2007 to September 2010 64 Table 2. Number of antenatal care visits in Ban Phaet Hospital from October 2007 to September 2010 65 Table 3. Timing of first antenatal visit, Ban Phaet Hospital Antenatal Clinic, October 2007 to September 2010 66 ix
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