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A bold profession : African nurses in rural apartheid South Africa /

"In rural South African clinics, Black nurses played critical roles. Charged with administering valuable and life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, these nurses had to navigate the intersections of traditional African healing practices, changing gender relat...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hadfield, Leslie Anne (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2021]
Collection:Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Medical systems and the rise of African nursing
  • The politics of Ciskei homeland health care
  • Remembering clinic work
  • Engaging Xhosa beliefs and practices
  • Negotiating marriage and family relations
  • Conclusion.