The Work of Hospitals Global Medicine in Local Cultures |
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| Editor:
| Olsen, William C.
Sargent, Carolyn |
| Contribution by:
| Olsen, William C.
Sargent, Carolyn
Hoke, Morgan K.
Stumo, Samya R.
Leatherman, Thomas L.
Hannig, Anita
Mattingly, Cheryl
Janzen, John M.
Nichter, Mark
Sopoh, Ghislain Emmanuel
Johnson, Roch Christian
Chary, Anita
Rohloff, Peter
Strong, Adrienne E.
Smith-Oka, Vania
Hurd, Kayla
Sobo, Elisa (EJ)
Georges, Eugenia
Varley, Emma |
| Afterword by:
| Wendland, Claire |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9788-2303-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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The Work of Hospitals, a volume on hospitals as clinical and social institutions, foregrounds the tensions inherent in efforts to sustain functional health services in resource-poor states. Global ethnographic research shows how clinicians and patients struggle, without adequate supplies and personnel, in times of financial austerity. The chapters document a vast gulf worldwide between the idealized mission of the hospital and the implementation of this mission...
More Description The Work of Hospitals, a volume on hospitals as clinical and social institutions, foregrounds the tensions inherent in efforts to sustain functional health services in resource-poor states. Global ethnographic research shows how clinicians and patients struggle, without adequate supplies and personnel, in times of financial austerity. The chapters document a vast gulf worldwide between the idealized mission of the hospital and the implementation of this mission in everyday practice.