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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 -
A Heart For The Work: Journeys Through An African Medical School
Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Partial Stories: Maternal Death from Six Angles
A close look at stories of maternal death in Malawi that considers their implications in the broader arena of medical knowledge. By the early twenty-first century, about one woman in twelve could expect to die of a pregnancy or childbirth complication in Malawi. Specific deaths became object less... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022