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Sanaullah Khan

Discretionary Medicine in Pakistan

Poverty, Coloniality and Health. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 1,5 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 182 Seiten
EAN 9781032600208
Veröffentlicht November 2024
Verlag/Hersteller Routledge
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Beschreibung

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

Portrait

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

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