2024
Kierans, C., & Padilla-Altamira, C. (2024). Failing kidneys: Hotspots, blind spots and biopolitics of indifference.. Medical anthropology quarterly, 38(1), 24-39. doi:10.1111/maq.12820DOI: 10.1111/maq.12820
2023
Kierans, C., & Padilla-Altamira, C. (n.d.). Anthropological perspectives on CKDnt in Mexico: time for a paradigm shift on the social determinants of health. Frontiers in Nephrology, 3. doi:10.3389/fneph.2023.1155687DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1155687
2022
Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2022). Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY, 36(4). doi:10.1111/maq.12734DOI: 10.1111/maq.12734
d'Elia, A., Gabbay, M., Rodgers, S., Kierans, C., Jones, E., Durrani, I., . . . Frith, L. (2022). Artificial intelligence and health inequities in primary care: a systematic scoping review and framework. FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 10(SUPPL_1). doi:10.1136/fmch-2022-001670DOI: 10.1136/fmch-2022-001670
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HEALTH INEQUITIES IN PRIMARY CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW AND FRAMEWORK (Conference Paper)
d'Elia, A., Frith, L., Gabbay, M., Rodgers, S., Kierans, C., & Colombet, Z. (2022). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HEALTH INEQUITIES IN PRIMARY CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW AND FRAMEWORK. In JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Vol. 76 (pp. A49-A50). doi:10.1136/jech-2022-SSMabstracts.101DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-SSMabstracts.101
Garcia Garcia, G., Iyengar, A., Kaze, F., Kierans, C., Padilla-Altamira, C., & Luyckx, V. A. (2022). Sex and gender differences in chronic kidney disease and access to care around the globe. SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY, 42(2), 101-113. doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2022.04.001DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2022.04.001
2021
Kierans, C., & Padilla-Altamira, C. (2021). Describing chronic kidney disease of unknown origin: anthropological noticing and the 'residual' category. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, 21(3), 360-375. doi:10.1177/1468794120972605DOI: 10.1177/1468794120972605
Doing things with description: practices, politics, and the art of attentiveness (Journal article)
Vitellone, N., Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2021). Doing things with description: practices, politics, and the art of attentiveness. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, 21(3), 313-323. doi:10.1177/1468794120975972DOI: 10.1177/1468794120975972
2019
Chronic Failures: Kidneys, Regimes of Care, and the Mexican State (Book)
Kierans, C. (2019). Chronic Failures: Kidneys, Regimes of Care, and the Mexican State. Rutgers University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvscxqxzDOI: 10.2307/j.ctvscxqxz
Domesticating organ transplant: familial sacrifice and national aspiration in Mexico (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2019). Domesticating organ transplant: familial sacrifice and national aspiration in Mexico. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, 25(2), 404-405. doi:10.1111/1467-9655.13048DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.13048
Ring, A., Jacoby, A., Baker, G., Holmes, E., Hughes, D., Kierans, C., & Marson, A. (2019). What really matters? A mixed methods study of treatment preferences and priorities among people with epilepsy in the UK. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR, 95, 181-191. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.03.033DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.03.033
2018
Insider Trading: How Mortuaries, Medicine and Money Have Built a Global Market in Human Cadaver Parts (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2018). Insider Trading: How Mortuaries, Medicine and Money Have Built a Global Market in Human Cadaver Parts. MEDICAL HISTORY, 62(4), 514-515. doi:10.1017/mdh.2018.49DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2018.49
Kierans, C. (2018). The Intimate Uncertainties of Kidney Care: Moral Economy and Treatment Regimes in Comparative Perspective. Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, 27(2), 65-84. doi:10.3167/ajec.2018.270205DOI: 10.3167/ajec.2018.270205
2017
Cultivating Ambivalence: Some methodological considerations for anthropology (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Bell, K. (2017). Cultivating Ambivalence: Some methodological considerations for anthropology. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 7(2), 23-44. doi:10.14318/hau7.2.006DOI: 10.14318/hau7.2.006
Cooper, J., Kierans, C., Defres, S., Easton, A., Kneen, R., Solomon, T., & grp, E. N. C. E. P. H. -U. K. S. (2017). Care beyond the hospital ward: understanding the socio-medical trajectory of herpes simplex virus encephalitis. BMC Health Services Research, 17. doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2608-2DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2608-2
Valued Matter: Anthropological Insights on the (Bio)political Economy of Organ Exchange (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2017). Valued Matter: Anthropological Insights on the (Bio)political Economy of Organ Exchange. In R. Shaw (Ed.), Bioethics Beyond Altruism: Donating and Transforming Human Biological Materials (pp. 265-288). Palgrave MacMillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55532-4_11DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55532-4_11
Renal Care in an Unequal World: Anthropological Reflections (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2017). Renal Care in an Unequal World: Anthropological Reflections. In CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS (pp. 263-271). doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804311-0.00025-XDOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804311-0.00025-X
Gibson, G., & Kierans, C. (2017). Ageing, masculinity and Parkinson's disease: embodied perspectives. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 39(4), 532-546. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12508DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12508
2016
The hidden practices and experiences of healthcare practitioners dealing with fuel poverty (Journal article)
Mc Conalogue, D., Kierans, C., & Moran, A. (2016). The hidden practices and experiences of healthcare practitioners dealing with fuel poverty. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 38(2), 206-211. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv059DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv059
Cooper, J., Kierans, C., Defres, S., Easton, A., Kneen, R., & Solomon, T. (2016). Diagnostic Pathways as Social and Participatory Practices: The Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. PLoS One, 11(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151145DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151145
Cooper, J., & Kierans, C. (2016). Organ donation, ethnicity and the negotiation of death: ethnographic insights from the UK. Mortality, 21(1), 1-18. doi:10.1080/13576275.2015.1021314DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2015.1021314
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Health, Technology and Medicine (Book)
Kierans, C., Bell, K., & Kingdon, C. (n.d.). Social and Cultural Perspectives on Health, Technology and Medicine. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315673882DOI: 10.4324/9781315673882
Transplantation, Organ Donation and (In)human Experience: Re-writing Boundaries through Embodied Perspectives on Kidney Failure (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2016). Transplantation, Organ Donation and (In)human Experience: Re-writing Boundaries through Embodied Perspectives on Kidney Failure. In Culture, Bodies and the Sociology of Health (pp. 21-44). doi:10.4324/9781315575506-3DOI: 10.4324/9781315575506-3
2015
Kierans, C. (2015). Biopolitics and Capital: Poverty, Mobility and the Body-in-transplantation in Mexico. BODY & SOCIETY, 21(3), 42-65. doi:10.1177/1357034X13508457DOI: 10.1177/1357034X13508457
2014
Javier Mercado-Martinez, F., Hernandez-Ibarra, E., Ascencio-Mera, C. D., Diaz-Medina, B. A., Padilla-Altamira, C., & Kierans, C. (2014). Kidney transplant patients without social protection in health: what do patients say about the economic hardships and impact?. CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA, 30(10), 2092-2100. doi:10.1590/0102-311X00150713DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00150713
Organ Donation and Race (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2014). Organ Donation and Race. In W. Cockerham, & R. Dingwall (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell's Encyclopaedia of Health, Illness, Behaviour and Society. Wiley-Blackwell.
Review - Gender, State and Medicine in Highland Equador: modernizing women, modernizing the state, 1895-1950 (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2014). Review - Gender, State and Medicine in Highland Equador: modernizing women, modernizing the state, 1895-1950. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
Organ Transplantation in Mexico: the anthropology of an ambivalent technology (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2014). Organ Transplantation in Mexico: the anthropology of an ambivalent technology. In L. Schumacher, & O. Decker (Eds.), Korperokonomien: Der Korper im Zeitalter seiner Handelbarkeit (pp. 123-143). Germany: Psychosozial-Verlag.
Gender, State and Medicine in Highland Ecuador: Modernizing Women, Modernizing the State, 1895-1950 (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2014). Gender, State and Medicine in Highland Ecuador: Modernizing Women, Modernizing the State, 1895-1950. BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES, 91(1), 109-110. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2013
Kierans, C., Padilla-Altamira, C., Garcia-Garcia, G., Ibarra-Hernandez, M., & Mercado, F. J. (2013). When health systems are barriers to health care: challenges faced by uninsured Mexican kidney patients.. PloS one, 8(1), e54380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054380DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054380
The emergence of the 'ethnic donor': the cultural production and relocation of organ donation in the UK. (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Cooper, J. (2013). The emergence of the 'ethnic donor': the cultural production and relocation of organ donation in the UK.. Anthropology & medicine, 20(3), 221-231. doi:10.1080/13648470.2013.845480DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2013.845480
2012
Patients' uses of information as researchable domains of social practice (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2012). Patients' uses of information as researchable domains of social practice. HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL, 18(4), 271-283. doi:10.1177/1460458212445400DOI: 10.1177/1460458212445400
2011
'Organ donation, genetics, race and culture: The making of a medical problem' (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Cooper, J. (2011). 'Organ donation, genetics, race and culture: The making of a medical problem'. Anthropology Today, 27(6), 21-24.
Anthropology, organ transplantation and the immune system: resituating commodity and gift exchange (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2011). Anthropology, organ transplantation and the immune system: resituating commodity and gift exchange. Social Science and Medicine, 73(1469-1).
2010
(3)'Transplantation, Organ Donation and (In)human Experience: Rewriting Boundaries through Embodied Perspectives on Kidney Failure' (Chapter)
Kierans, C. (2010). (3)'Transplantation, Organ Donation and (In)human Experience: Rewriting Boundaries through Embodied Perspectives on Kidney Failure'. In E. Ettorre (Ed.), Culture, Bodies and Sociologies of Health (pp. 1-21). London: Sage.
Food as a Marker of Social Change in Regenerating Cities: eating Scouse in Liverpool (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Haeney, J. (2010). Food as a Marker of Social Change in Regenerating Cities: eating Scouse in Liverpool. Cultural Sociology, 1(4), 101-122.
2008
Evaluating Mihealth Newcastle: assessing the effectiveness of new health information and communication technology in providing support to patients with breast cancer receiving treatment in Newcastle (Report)
KIerans, C., & Mair, M. (2008). Evaluating Mihealth Newcastle: assessing the effectiveness of new health information and communication technology in providing support to patients with breast cancer receiving treatment in Newcastle. Liverpool: Liverpool University. Retrieved from http://www.mihealth.info/Downloads/Mihealth_Newcastle_evaluation_report_2008.pdf
2007
Formal health services in informal settings: findings from the Preston Men's Health Project (Journal article)
Kierans, C., Robertson, S., & Mair, M. D. (2007). Formal health services in informal settings: findings from the Preston Men's Health Project. The Journal of Men's Health & Gender, 4(4), 440-447. doi:10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.08.006DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.08.006
Descriptions as data: developing techniques to elicit descriptive materials in social research (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2007). Descriptions as data: developing techniques to elicit descriptive materials in social research. Visual Studies, 22(2), 120-136. doi:10.1080/14725860701507057DOI: 10.1080/14725860701507057
Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2007). Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda. Critical Public Health, 17(2), 103-112. doi:10.1080/09581590601045204DOI: 10.1080/09581590601045204
Medical Anthropology: regional perspectives and shared concerns (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2007). Medical Anthropology: regional perspectives and shared concerns. Medical Sociology Online, 4.
2006
Masculinity, Ethnicity, Health and Use of Health Services (Report)
Kierans, C. (2006). Masculinity, Ethnicity, Health and Use of Health Services.
Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (Journal article)
Mair, M., Barlow, A., Woods, S. E., Kierans, C., Milton, B., & Porcellato, L. (2006). Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 62(4), 1009-1021. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002
'Mihealth': understanding local contexts of use in HICTs for breast cancer. (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Mair, M. (2006). 'Mihealth': understanding local contexts of use in HICTs for breast cancer.. Health Information on the Net., (54), 3-5.
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2006). Evaluating Mihealth Liverpool: Assessing the Effectiveness of New Health Information and Communication Technology in Providing Support to Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Treatment in Liverpool. Liverpool. Retrieved from http://www.mihealth.info/Downloads/MihealthReport_July_2006_V2.pdf
2005
Narrating kidney disease: the significance of sensation and time in the emplotment of patient experience. (Journal article)
Kierans, C. (2005). Narrating kidney disease: the significance of sensation and time in the emplotment of patient experience.. Culture, medicine and psychiatry, 29(3), 341-359. doi:10.1007/s11013-005-9171-8DOI: 10.1007/s11013-005-9171-8
2003
Elmdale: a search for an understanding of community through protest and resistance (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & McCormack, P. (2003). Elmdale: a search for an understanding of community through protest and resistance. Irish Journal of Anthropology, 6, 113-129.
2002
Culture and the state: Institutionalizing 'the underclass' in the new Ireland<sup>1</sup> (Journal article)
Saris, A. J., Bartley, B., Kierans, C., Walsh, C., & McCormack, P. (2002). Culture and the state: Institutionalizing 'the underclass' in the new Ireland<sup>1</sup>. City, 6(2), 173-191. doi:10.1080/1360481022000011137DOI: 10.1080/1360481022000011137
2001
Sensory and narrative identity: The narration of illness process among chronic renal sufferers in Ireland (Journal article)
Kierans, C. M., & Maynooth, N. U. I. (2001). Sensory and narrative identity: The narration of illness process among chronic renal sufferers in Ireland. Anthropology & Medicine, 8(2-3), 237-253. doi:10.1080/13648470120101381DOI: 10.1080/13648470120101381
2000
Information and Communication Technologies: implications for Irish supply chains (Report)
Kierans, C. (2000). Information and Communication Technologies: implications for Irish supply chains.
The Culture of Protest in West Dublin (Chapter)
Saris, A. J., Bartley, B., Kierans, C., Walsh, C., & McCormack, P. (2000). The Culture of Protest in West Dublin. In M. Peillon, & E. Slater (Eds.), Irish Sociological Chronicles, Vol II (pp. ****). Dublin: Dublin Institute for Public Administration.
1999
Report on Life Histories of Drug-Users and Drug Networks in Cherry Orchard and Ballyfermot, Dublin. (Report)
Saris, A. J., Bartely, B., Kierans, C., McCormack, P., & Breathnach, C. (1999). Report on Life Histories of Drug-Users and Drug Networks in Cherry Orchard and Ballyfermot, Dublin..
