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_d;18/05/2018
082 _a362.1969 LIV
100 _aJulie Livingston
245 _aImprovising medicine
_b : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic
_c/Julie Livingston
260 _aDurham [N.C.]
_b: Duke University Press
_c, 2012.
300 _axvi,228 p.
_c;23 cm.
505 _a 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.
520 _aFocused on Botswana's only dedicated oncology ward, Improvising Medicine renders the experiences of patients, their relatives, and clinical staff during a cancer epidemic.
650 _aSocial Sciences
655 _aSocial problems & social services
_bCancer--Treatment
700 _aJulie Livingston
942 _cBOOK
999 _c49461
_d49461