Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda.
Title:
Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda.
Author:
Mika, Marissa.
ISBN:
9780821447512
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (285 pages)
Series:
New African Histories Ser.
Contents:
Mikacover2 -- Mikaweb -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prelude -- Introduction -- The African Lymphoma -- A Hospital Built from Scratch -- Africanizing Oncology inIdi Amin's Uganda -- Rocket Launchers and Toxic Drugs -- When Radiotherapy Travels -- "Research Is Our Resource" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Combining methods from African studies, science and technology studies, and medical anthropology, Marissa Mika considers the Uganda Cancer Institute as a microcosm of the Ugandan state and as a lens through which to trace the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of health care providers and patients.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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