Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic / Julie Livingston.

  • Livingston, Julie.
Date:
2012
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About this work

Also known as

African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic

Publication/Creation

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.

Physical description

xvi, 228 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Contributors

Contents

The other cancer ward -- Neoplastic Africa : mapping circuits of toxicity and knowledge -- Creating and embedding cancer in Botswana's oncology ward -- Interlude. amputation day at PMH -- The moral intimacies of care -- Pain and laughter -- After ARVs, during cancer, before death -- Epilogue: changing wards, further improvisations.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-219) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QZ24.P95 2012L78i
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ISBN

  • 9780822353270
  • 082235327X
  • 9780822353423
  • 0822353423