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In Para-States and Medical Science, P. Wenzel Geissler and the contributors examine how medicine and public health in Africa have been transformed as a result of economic and political liberalization and globalization, intertwined with epidemiological and technological changes. The resulting fragmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Geissler, Wenzel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Medical care > Research.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment.
MEDICAL / Public Health
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
research (function)
public health.
social sciences.
sociology.
disease.
illness.
physical sciences.
health.
sciences (philosophy)
Recherche.
Sante publique.
Politique sanitaire.
Sida.
Sciences sociales.
Sociologie.
Maladies immunologiques.
Maladies.
Infections à retrovirus.
Infections transmissibles sexuellement.
Contrôle social.
Sciences physiques.
Personnel medical.
Prestation de soins.
Infections à lentivirus.
Syndromes de deficit immunitaire.
Maladies à virus.
Maladies à virus lents.
Sante.
Infections à VIH.
Sciences.
Sida > Traitement > Afrique.
Politique sanitaire > Afrique.
Soins medicaux > Recherche > Afrique.
Health Workforce
Health Personnel
Research
Public Health
Health Policy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Health Care Economics and Organizations
RNA Virus Infections
Social Sciences
Sociology
Immune System Diseases
Policy
Disease
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Disciplines and Occupations
Social Control, Formal
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Population Characteristics
Natural Science Disciplines
Health Occupations
Social Control Policies
Delivery of Health Care
Lentivirus Infections
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Virus Diseases
Environment and Public Health
Slow Virus Diseases
Health
Public Policy
HIV Infections
Medicine
Science
Research.
Public health.
AIDS (Disease)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Immunologic diseases.
Diseases.
Retrovirus infections.
Sexually transmitted diseases.
Social control.
Physical sciences.
Medical personnel.
Medical care.
Lentivirus infections.
Immunological deficiency syndromes.
Virus diseases.
Slow virus diseases.
Health.
HIV infections.
Science.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Africa.
Medical policy > Africa.
Medical care > Research > Africa.
Africa.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:In Para-States and Medical Science, P. Wenzel Geissler and the contributors examine how medicine and public health in Africa have been transformed as a result of economic and political liberalization and globalization, intertwined with epidemiological and technological changes. The resulting fragmented medical science landscape is shaped and sustained by transnational flows of expertise and resources. NGOs, universities, pharmaceutical companies and other nonstate actors now play a significant role in medical research and treatment. But as the contributors to this volume argue, these groups ha.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (375 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822376279

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