Making Diabetes : The Politics of Diabetes Diagnostics in Uganda /

Diabetes is regarded as one of the most challenging global health issues of the 21st century. Especially countries with weak health infrastructure are struggling to deal with the increased demands this chronic disease entails.Tracing the effects of a diagnostic device, the glucometer, this book exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liggins, Arlena Siobhan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2020]
Colección:Medical humanities.
Temas:
Diabetes.
Diabetes Mellitus > prevention & control
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Diabetes
Uganda
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. "If you are lacking insulin" - Diabetes Mellitus
  • 2. (Un)measured yet (un)seen
  • 3. Thinking beyond the evident
  • 4. A 'simple' technology and its translations: the glucometer
  • 5. Diagnostic detours and a logic of chance
  • 6. My numbers and my-Self
  • 7. Seek and you shall find: Medical Outreaches
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References

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