Discretionary Medicine in Pakistan - Poverty, Coloniality and Health

This book uses the notion of 'discretionary medicine' to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Medicine, coloniality and social difference
2 Cold War Politics, bureaucracies and the birth of Pakistani Public Health
3 Prisons, Bureaucratic violence and the Uses of Psychiatry in Pakistan
4 Public health, punishment and chronicity
5 Displacement, Criminalization and Health
6 Transitory Health
Conclusion

About the author

Sanaullah Khan is an assistant professor of medical anthropology at the University of Akron.

Summary

This book uses the notion of ‘discretionary medicine’ to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan.

Product details

• Authors: Sanaullah Khan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032600208
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260020-8
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Pakistan, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Personal & public health, Mental health services, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Medical Sociology, Personal and public health / health education