Making Uncertainty : Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health in South Africa /

"In Cape Town, South Africa, many people with tuberculosis also use substances. This sets up a seemingly impossible problem: People who use substances are at increased risk of tuberculosis disease; and substance use seems to result in erratic behaviour that makes successful treatment of people...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Versfeld, Anna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tuberculosis > Treatment.
Tuberculosis > Social aspects.
Substance abuse.
Substance abuse > South Africa > Cape Town.
Tuberculosis > Social aspects > South Africa > Cape Town.
Tuberculosis > Treatment > South Africa > Cape Town.
Tuberculosis > Patients > Substance use > South Africa > Cape Town.
South Africa > Cape Town.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Returners
  • The stickiness of moral opinion
  • Co-constitutions: makers and maskers
  • Salience and silence: Data, evidence and the making of figure facts
  • The challenge of "unruly" patients
  • Care to cure
  • Catching Breath: The hospital as restricted respite
  • Anthropology in action.

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