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The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
by Anita HannigAn intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives.In this groundbreaking book, award-winning cultural anthropologist Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own deat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Beyond Surgery: Injury, Healing, and Religion at an Ethiopian Hospital
by Anita HannigOver the past few decades, maternal childbirth injuries have become a potent symbol of Western biomedical intervention in Africa, affecting over one million women across the global south. Western-funded hospitals have sprung up, offering surgical sutures that ostensibly allow women who suffer from o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Work of Hospitals: Global Medicine in Local Cultures
by Eugenia Georges • John M. Janzen • Cheryl Mattingly • Thomas L. Leatherman • William C. Olsen • Carolyn Sargent • Anita Hannig • Mark Nichter • Adrienne E. Strong • Vania Smith-Oka • Morgan K. Hoke • Samya R. Stumo • Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh • Roch Christian Johnson • Anita Chary • Peter Rohloff • Kayla Hurd • Elisa Ej Sobo • Emma Varley • Claire WendlandIn the context of neoliberalism and global austerity measures, health care institutions around the world confront numerous challenges in attempting to meet the needs of local populations. Examples from Africa (including, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Congo), Latin America (Peru, Mexico, Guatemala), Western E... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Language: DUTCopyright: 1987