Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda.
By: Mika, Marissa.
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BookSeries: New African Histories Ser: Publisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2022Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (285 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780821447512.Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.9940096761 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Mikacover2 -- Mikaweb -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prelude -- Introduction -- The African Lymphoma -- A Hospital Built from Scratch -- Africanizing Oncology inIdi Amin's Uganda -- Rocket Launchers and Toxic Drugs -- When Radiotherapy Travels -- "Research Is Our Resource" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Combining methods from African studies, science and technology studies, and medical anthropology, Marissa Mika considers the Uganda Cancer Institute as a microcosm of the Ugandan state and as a lens through which to trace the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of health care providers and patients.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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