Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana - Disability, Chronic Illness, and Aging

Informationen zum Autor Julie Livingston is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University. Klappentext Julie Livingston is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University. Zusammenfassung A penetrating look at changing perceptions of health, illness, and debility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Themes and Orientation 1. Family Matters and Money Matters 2. Public Health and Developing Persons 3. Male Migration and the Pluralization of Medicine 4. Increasing Autonomy, Entangled Therapeutics, and Hidden Wombs 5. Postcolonial Development and Constrained Care Conclusion Glossary Notes Sources Index

Product details

• Authors: Julie Livingston, Livingston Julie
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780253217851
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21785-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: African Systems of Thought; African Systems of Thought
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)