Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic /

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Focused on Botswana's only dedicated oncology ward, Improvising Medicine renders the experiences of patients, their relatives, and clinical staff during a cancer epidemic.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Livingston, Julie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2012.
Colección:Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
Temas:
Princess Marina Hospital.
Cancer > Botswana.
Cancer > Treatment > Botswana.
Oncology > Botswana.
Oncology.
Oncology Service, Hospital
Neoplasms > therapy
Medical Oncology
Cancer > Traitement > Botswana.
Cancérologie > Botswana.
Cancérologie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Cancer.
Cancer > Treatment.
Botswana.
Botswana
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The other cancer ward
  • Neoplastic Africa: mapping circuits of toxicity and knowledge
  • Creating and embedding cancer in Botswana's oncology ward
  • Interlude. amputation day at PMH
  • The moral intimacies of care
  • Pain and laughter
  • After ARVs, during cancer, before death
  • Epilogue: changing wards, further improvisations.

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