Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic

by Julie Livingston

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In Improvising Medicine , Julie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows patients, their relatives, and ward staff as a cancer epidemic emerged in Botswana. The epidemic is part of an ongoing surge in cancers across the global south; the stories of Botswana's oncology ward dramatize the human stakes and intellectual and institutional challenges...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822353423

ISBN13:9780822353423

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.83 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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History Medical Medical Books Social Science Social Sciences

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