Ancestors and Antiretrovirals - The Biopolitics of Hiv/aids in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Summary

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, "AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid." This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Laurier Decoteau, Decoteau Claire Laurier
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226064598
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06459-8
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Republic of South Africa, Central / national / federal government policies, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Central government policies, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care