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Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Medical Anthropology)
Through rich ethnographic narrative, Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. Smith-Oka draws from compelling fieldwork, ethnography, and interviews with interns, residents, and doctors that tell the story of how medical traine... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
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