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1 online resource (xi, 188 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Studies in medical anthropology
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Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; 1. A Different African Health Story; 2. A Brief History of Senegal; 3. Urban and Rural Dilemmas; 4. Glocal Health Reform in Saint Louis; 5. Market-Based Medicine and Shantytown Politics in Pikine; 6. Knowledge Encounters: Biomedicine, Islam, and Wolof Medicine; 7. Gender, Social Hierarchy, and Health Practice; 8. Domestic Disputes and Generational Struggles over Household Health; 9. Encountering Development in Ganjool; 10. Believe in God, but Plow Your Field; Notes; Glossary; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Your Pocket Is What Cures You examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by sub-Saharan African structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients. Grounded in ethnography, it also explores how cultural frameworks, particularly those stemming from Islam and Wolof ethnomedicine, are central to understanding how people manage vulnerability to ill health. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical anthropology -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region)
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Medical anthropology. |
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Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region) |
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Medical policy -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region)
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Medical policy. |
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Public health -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region)
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Public health. |
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Medical care -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region)
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Medical care. |
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Medical economics -- Senegal -- Saint-Louis (Region)
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Medical economics. |
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Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Social conditions.
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Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Economic conditions.
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Public Health. |
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Anthropology. |
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Developing Countries. |
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Economics, Medical. |
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Social Conditions. |
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Senegal. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Foley, Ellen E., 1976- Your pocket is what cures you. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010 9780813546674 (DLC) 2009018768 (OCoLC)324779577 |
| ISBN |
9780813549071 (electronic book) |
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0813549078 (electronic book) |
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1282562347 |
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9781282562349 |
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9780813546681 |
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0813546680 |
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9780813546674 |
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0813546672 |
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