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Consumed in the city : observing tuberculosis at century's end / Paul Draus.
Van Pelt Library RA644.T7 D738 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Draus, Paul Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--New York (State)--Epidemiology.
- Tuberculosis.
- Urban health.
- Epidemiology.
- New York (State).
- Tuberculosis--Illinois--Chicago--Epidemiology.
- Urban health--New York (State).
- Urban health--Illinois--Chicago.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Prologue: A Day in the Life, Chicago, 1998 ix
- Introduction: TB and Sociology 1
- 1 Bugs in the Big Apple: Chasing TB in NYC 13
- 2 Slow Motion Disaster: Postindustrial Poverty and the Return of TB 33
- 3 The Public Hospital: Battles on the TB Frontier 57
- 4 Cavities of Contagion: Networks and Nodes of TB in Chicago 87
- 5 Welcome to the West Side: Hanging Out in TB Alley 116
- 6 Hard Case Histories: Narratives of Tuberculosis, Homelessness, and Addiction 150
- 7 Difficult Negotiations: Coercion, Care, and Compliance in TB Therapy 188
- 8 Sheep's Clothing: Lessons Learned from TB in the Field 233
- Conclusion: Implications of a Marginal Epidemic 255
- Epilogue: Back on the Corner, Chicago, 2002 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1592132480
- 1592132499
- OCLC:
- 53287915
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