When people come first : critical studies in global health / edited by João Biehl & Adriana Petryna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biehl, João Guilherme.

Petryna, Adriana, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health.

Public health--International cooperation.

Public health.

Physical Description:

446 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Summary:

"When People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health. It brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the medical, social, political, and economic dimensions of the global health enterprise through vivid case studies and bold conceptual work. The book demonstrates the crucial role of ethnography as an empirical lantern in global health, arguing for a more comprehensive, people-centered approach. Topics include the limits of technological quick fixes in disease control, the moral economy of global health science, the unexpected effects of massive treatment rollouts in resource-poor contexts, and how right-to-health activism coalesces with the increased influence of the pharmaceutical industry on health care. The contributors explore the altered landscapes left behind after programs scale up, break down, or move on. We learn that disease is really never just one thing, technology delivery does not equate with care, and biology and technology interact in ways we cannot always predict. The most effective solutions may well be found in people themselves, who consistently exceed the projections of experts and the medical-scientific, political, and humanitarian frameworks in which they are cast. When People Come First sets a new research agenda in global health and social theory and challenges us to rethink the relationships between care, rights, health, and economic futures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

João Biehl / Adriana Petryna Petryna, Adriana 1

I Evidence

Overview 23

1 A Return to the Magic Bullet?

Malaria and Global Health in the Twenty-First Century / Marcos Cueto Cueto, Marcos 30

2 Evidence-Based Global Public Health

Subjects, Profits, Erasures / Vincanne Adams Adams, Vincanne 54

3 The "Right to Know" or "Know Your Rights"?

Human Rights and a People-Centered Approach to Health Policy / Joseph J. Amon Amon, Joseph J. 91

4 Children as Victims

The Moral Economy of Childhood in the Times of AIDS / Didier Fassin Fassin, Didier 109

II Interventions

Overview 133

5 Therapeutic Clientship

Belonging in Uganda's Projectified Landscape of AIDS Care

Susan Reynolds Whyte / Michael A. Whyte Whyte, Michael A., Lotte Meinert Meinert, Lotte, Jenipher Twebaze Twebaze, Jenipher 140

6 The Struggle for a Public Sector

PEPFAR in Mozambique / James Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, James 166

7 The Next Epidemic

Pain and the Politics of Relief in Botswana's Cancer Ward / Julie Livingston Livingston, Julie 182

8 A Salvage Ethnography of the Guinea Worm

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic in a Disease Eradication Program / Amy Moran-Thomas Moran-Thomas, Amy 207

III Markets

Overview 243

9 Public-Private Mixes

The Market for Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs in India / Stefan Ecks Ecks, Stefan, Ian Harper Harper, Ian 252

10 Labor Instability and Community Mental Health

The Work of Pharmaceuticals in Santiago, Chile / Clara Han Han, Clara 276

11 The Ascetic Subject of Compliance

The Turn to Chronic Diseases in Global Health / Ian Whitmarsh Whitmarsh, Ian 302

12 Legal Remedies

Therapeutic Markets and the Judicialization of the Right to Health / João Biehl Biehl, João, Adriana Petryna Petryna, Adriana 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691157391

9780691157382

0691157383

9780691157399

OCLC:

820123488

Publisher Number:

99955329627