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Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic / Julie Livingston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, Julie.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer--Botswana.
- Cancer.
- Cancer--Treatment--Botswana.
- Oncology--Botswana.
- Oncology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2012
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focused on Botswana's only dedicated oncology ward, Improvising Medicine renders the experiences of patients, their relatives, and clinical staff during a cancer epidemic.
- Contents:
- The other cancer ward
- Neoplastic Africa: mapping circuits of toxicity and knowledge
- Creating and embedding cancer in Botswana's oncology ward
- Interlude. amputation day at PMH
- The moral intimacies of care
- Pain and laughter
- After ARVs, during cancer, before death
- Epilogue: changing wards, further improvisations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613896254
- 9781283583800
- 1283583801
- 9780822395768
- 0822395762
- OCLC:
- 809910888
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