Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda /

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"Combining methods from African studies, science and technology studies, and medical anthropology, Marissa Mika considers the Uganda Cancer Institute as a microcosm of the Ugandan state and as a lens through which to trace the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and ac...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mika, Marissa, 1981- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Uganda Cancer Institute.
Oncology.
Medical policy.
Cancer > Hospitals.
Politique sanitaire > Ouganda.
Cancerologie > Ouganda.
Cancer > Hôpitaux > Ouganda.
Medical policy > Uganda.
Oncology > Uganda.
Cancer > Hospitals > Uganda.
Uganda.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface: A Week in the Life of the Uganda Cancer Institute
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The African Lymphoma
  • A Hospital Built from Scratch
  • Africanizing Oncology in Idi Amin's Uganda
  • Rocket Launchers and Toxic Drugs
  • When Radiotherapy Travels
  • Research Is Our Resource
  • Epilogue: In Memoriam
  • A Note on Historical and Ethnographic Anonymity, Archives, and Access.

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