Africanizing oncology : creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda / / Marissa Mika
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| Autore: |
Mika Marissa <1981->
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| Titolo: |
Africanizing oncology : creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda / / Marissa Mika
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2021] |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 616.9940096761 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medical policy - Uganda |
| Soggetto geografico: | Uganda |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface: A Week in the Life of the Uganda Cancer Institute -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The African Lymphoma -- A Hospital Built from Scratch -- Africanizing Oncology in Idi Amin's Uganda -- Rocket Launchers and Toxic Drugs -- When Radiotherapy Travels -- Research Is Our Resource -- Epilogue: In Memoriam -- A Note on Historical and Ethnographic Anonymity, Archives, and Access. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Africanizing oncology |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4751-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811296303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New African histories series.