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Practising colonial medicine : the Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa /

The role of the Colonial Medical Service - the organisation responsible for healthcare in British overseas territories - goes to the heart of the British Colonial project. "Practising Colonial Medicine" is a unique study based on original sources and research into the work of doctors who s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crozier, Anna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed by St. Martins Press in the U.S., 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service
  • Subjective selection and recruitment trends
  • Identity and experience I: practical reasons for being a doctor in East Africa
  • Identity and experience II: ideological reasons for being a doctor in East Africa
  • The organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa
  • Medical recruitment and the ideals of empire
  • Colonial medical communities
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Heads of the medical departments
  • Appendix 2. Alphabetical list of medical officers with service dates
  • Appendix 3. Obituary and biographical entry index.