Improvising Medicine An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic

Name: Improvising Medicine An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic
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ISBN: 9780822353423

ISBN-10: 0822353423

ISBN-13: 9780822353423

Edition: 2012

Authors: Julie Livingston

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InImprovised MedicineJulie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows patients, their relatives, and ward staff as a cancer epidemic emerged in Botswana. The epidemic is part of an ongoing surge in cancers across the global south; the stories of Botswana’s oncology ward dramatize the human stakes and intellectual and institutional challenges of an epidemic that will shape the future of global health. They convey the contingencies of high-tech medicine in a hospital where vital machines are often broken, drugs go in and out of stock, and bed space is always at a premium. They also reveal…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 8/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



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 Princess Marina Hospital



The Moral Intimacies of Care



Pain and Laughter



After ARVs, During Cancer, Before Death


Epilogue Changing Wards, Further Improvisations


Notes


Bibliography


Index