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Traversing Transnational Biomedical Landscapes An Ethnography of the Experiences of Nigerian Trained Physicians Practicing in the US and UK Judith Schühle
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Schuhle, Judith <p>Judith Schüle, Freie Universität Berlin, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Kultur und soziale Praxis.
- Kultur und soziale Praxis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical Anthropology.
- Skilled Migration.
- Global Health.
- Nigeria.
- Biomedicine.
- Work.
- Medicine.
- Migration.
- Cultural Anthropology.
- Sociology of Medicine.
- Globalization.
- Local Subjects:
- Medical Anthropology.
- Skilled Migration.
- Global Health.
- Nigeria.
- Biomedicine.
- Work.
- Medicine.
- Migration.
- Cultural Anthropology.
- Sociology of Medicine.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (395 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Schühle, Traversing Transnational Biomedical Landscapes An Ethnography of the Experiences of Nigerian Trained Physicians Practicing in the US and UK
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Judith Schühle works as a curator at Museum Europäischer Kulturen - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. She received her PhD from Freie Universität Berlin in 2018.
- Summary:
- In the age of globalization, the transnational dimension of sciences like medicine seems to be given. However, the agents connecting different parts of this transnational biomedical landscape have yet to receive their due attention. Situated at the intersection of contemporary debates as well as theories of medical anthropology and migration in the 21st century, this book explores the experiences of Nigerian trained physicians who migrated to the US and the UK within the last 40 years. By drawing on individual professional life stories, Judith Schühle illuminates how these physicians disconnect from and (re)connect to diverse local social and biomedical contexts, becoming established abroad while at the same time trying to influence health care services in Nigeria through transnational endeavors.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 List of Abbreviations 9 1. Introduction 11 2. Methodological Musings 33 3. The Emerging Nigerian Biomedical Landscape and Trajectories of Becoming a Doctor 63 4. Going Global 107 5. Female Nigerian Physicians 161 6. Practicing in a Transnational Biomedical Landscape 199 7. Between Moral Dilemmas and Logistics 255 8. Giving Back 297 9. Conclusion 353 Bibliography 363 Acknowledgements 397
- Notes:
- Doctoral Thesis Freie Universität Berlin 2018
- ISBN:
- 9783839450321
- 3839450322
- OCLC:
- 1154525834
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