Evidence, ethos and experiment : the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa /

This is an extremely interesting and innovative collection with unusual empirical richness, with ethical and epistemological discussions cutting across anthropology, medicine, history, epidemiology and other disciplines. Lotte Meinert, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. Medical research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Geissler, Wenzel (Editor ), Molyneux, Catherine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Temas:
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Africa > Congresses.
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects > Africa > Congresses.
Medical ethics > Congresses.
Cross-cultural studies.
Biomedical Research > history
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethics, Research > history
History, 20th Century
Human Experimentation > history
Médecine > Recherche > Aspect moral > Afrique > Congrès.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > Aspect moral > Afrique > Congrès.
Éthique médicale > Congrès.
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Anthropology.
Medical sociology.
Medicine.
Medicine: general issues.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
MEDICAL > Healing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Cross-cultural studies
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Africa.
Africa
Afrique.
Biomedical Research/history
Ethics, Research/history
Human Experimentation/history
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This is an extremely interesting and innovative collection with unusual empirical richness, with ethical and epistemological discussions cutting across anthropology, medicine, history, epidemiology and other disciplines. Lotte Meinert, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical trials, run by both.
Notas:Papers from a conference held in Kilifi, Kenya in 2005.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 498 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857450937
085745093X
1283326515
9781283326513
9786613326515
6613326518

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