Madden, M and Stark, J orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-0804 (2019) Understanding the development of advanced wound care in the UK: Interdisciplinary perspectives on care, cure and innovation. Journal of Tissue Viability, 28 (2). pp. 107-114. ISSN 0965-206X
Abstract
George Winter's 1962 paper in Nature reported his observation that wounds in young pigs healed more quickly if covered rather than being left open to the air. This has been widely regarded as the starting point for ‘advanced wound care’ because it established the idea that a wound dressing could influence outcomes. This paper argues that key to understanding innovation is placing technological advances within their broader historical and sociological context. As in other areas of healthcare, the development of innovation in wound care can be seen as a multifaceted, uneven and contested process, not the simple invention and introduction of ‘advanced’ products and services. Innovation in this field takes place at the intersection of historical changes in industry, scientific medicine, medical technologies, health care service delivery and the demographic and domestic spheres. Stemming from interdisciplinary exploration funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this paper presents a provocative argument that contemporary wound care in the UK has become something of a partnership between elite nurses and industry marketing, with important consequences for science and service users. Current challenges in wound care stem in large part from an emphasis on a biomedical model focused on products (albeit one not led by medics) at the expense of considering service design and a social or public health model of patient care.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Tissue Viability Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Tissue Viability. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts & Humanities Research Council AHRC AH/N006267/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2019 13:23 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jtv.2019.03.003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144397 |