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Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livingston, Julie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Cancer > Botswana.
Cancer > Treatment > Botswana.
Oncology > Botswana.
Princess Marina Hospital.
Oncology Service, Hospital > Botswana.
Medical Oncology > Botswana.
Neoplasms > therapy > Botswana.
Table of 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.