The Social Dynamics of Antibiotic Use in a Large American Medical Complex
Published Articles
Dr. Katharina Rynkiewich contributes to the global discourse on medical anthropology and antimicrobial stewardship through empirical research.
Selected Publication
Antibiotic decision making in surgical intensive care – a qualitative analysis
Rynkiewich, Katharina, David Schwartz, Sarah Won, Bradley Stoner. 2020. Journal of Hospital Infection. 104(2): 158-164.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.09.002Situating Antibiotic Stewardship: Social Sciences and the Clinical Environment
Rynkiewich, K. 2021. Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12658Microbial Institutionalism: Ethnography in the Hospital
Rynkiewich, K. 2022. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-022-09789-xInstitutional Logistics of Inpatient Prescribing
Rynkiewich, K., et al. 2023. Social Science & Medicine.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116002The Ethnography of the Antibiogram
Rynkiewich, K. 2023. Anthropology in Action.
DOI: 10.3167/aia.2023.300104Environmental Health Perspectives on Antimicrobial Resistance
Rynkiewich, K. 2024. Environmental Sociology.
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2024.2309876Medical Anthropology in the Anthropocene
Rynkiewich, K., & Miller, J. 2024. Palgrave Communications.
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-02781-wConference Abstracts
Recent contributions to national and international conferences highlighting the intersection of microbial life and clinical systems.
Ethnographic Insights into Surgical Stewardship
American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, 2022
Scaling Antibiotic Resistance: From Petri Dishes to Policies
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Meeting, 2023
Hospital Geographies of AMR: A Qualitative Study
International Medical Geography Symposium, 2023
Microbial Labor: Rethinking Healthcare through Interspecies Ethnography
Society for Medical Anthropology Conference, 2024
