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Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda.

Mika, Marissa.
2022
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Title
Africanizing Oncology : Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda.
Author
Mika, Marissa.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780821447512
9780821424650
Published
Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2022.
Copyright
©2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (285 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.9940096761
Summary
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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Series
New African Histories Ser.
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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.

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