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Biomedicine as a contested site : some revelations in imperical contexts / edited by Poonam Bala.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism--Health aspects--History.
- Imperialism.
- Colonization--Health aspects--History.
- Colonization.
- Medicine--History--19th century.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--History--20th century.
- Medical policy--History.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008.
- Summary:
- This volume presents biomedicine as a site of contestation and conflicts, of processes of adaptation, accommodation, and of resistance, in a unique relationship with colonization and social control in a medical encounter that signaled the limits of State control of indigenous populations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49368-X
- 9786612493683
- 0-7391-3138-9
- OCLC:
- 467421676
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