Improvising medicine
Julie Livingston
Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic /Julie Livingston - Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press , 2012. - xvi,228 p. ;23 cm.
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.
9780822353423
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
Social Sciences
Social problems & social services--Cancer--Treatment
362.1969 LIV
Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic /Julie Livingston - Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press , 2012. - xvi,228 p. ;23 cm.
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.
9780822353423
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
Social Sciences
Social problems & social services--Cancer--Treatment
362.1969 LIV
