Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal /

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Your Pocket Is What Cures You examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by sub-Saharan African structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients. Grounded in ethnography, it also ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foley, Ellen E., 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
Temas:
Medical anthropology > Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Medical policy > Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Public health > Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Medical care > Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Medical economics > Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Public health.
Anthropology.
Medical economics.
Social history.
Public Health
Anthropology
Developing Countries
Economics, Medical
Social Conditions
Politique sanitaire > Sénégal > Saint-Louis (Région administrative)
Santé publique > Sénégal > Saint-Louis (Région administrative)
Économie de la santé > Sénégal > Saint-Louis (Région administrative)
Santé publique.
Anthropologie.
Économie de la santé.
Histoire sociale.
Soins médicaux > Sénégal > Saint-Louis (Région administrative)
public health.
anthropology.
social history.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > General.
Social history
Economic history
Medical anthropology
Medical care
Medical economics
Medical policy
Public health
Social conditions
Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) > Social conditions.
Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) > Economic conditions.
Senegal
Senegal > Saint-Louis (Region)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1. A Different African Health Story; 2. A Brief History of Senegal; 3. Urban and Rural Dilemmas; 4. Glocal Health Reform in Saint Louis; 5. Market-Based Medicine and Shantytown Politics in Pikine; 6. Knowledge Encounters: Biomedicine, Islam, and Wolof Medicine; 7. Gender, Social Hierarchy, and Health Practice; 8. Domestic Disputes and Generational Struggles over Household Health; 9. Encountering Development in Ganjool; 10. Believe in God, but Plow Your Field; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.

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