ISBN:
9780821424650
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 260 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
New African histories
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mika, Marissa, 1981- Africanizing oncology
DDC:
616.99/40096761
Keywords:
Uganda Cancer Institute
;
Cancer Hospitals
;
Oncology
;
Medical policy
;
Uganda
;
Onkologie
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
"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 actions of health care providers and patients"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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