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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press , 2012.Description: xvi,228 p. ;23 cmISBN:
  • 9780822353423
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1969 LIV
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.
Summary: Focused on Botswana's only dedicated oncology ward, Improvising Medicine renders the experiences of patients, their relatives, and clinical staff during a cancer epidemic.
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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.

Focused on Botswana's only dedicated oncology ward, Improvising Medicine renders the experiences of patients, their relatives, and clinical staff during a cancer epidemic.

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