Evidence, ethos and experiment : the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa

Evidence, ethos and experiment : the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa / edited by P. Wenzel Geissler and C. Molyneux.

This is an extremely interesting and innovative collection with unusual empirical richness, with ethical and epistemological discussions cutting across anthropology, medicine, history, epidemiology and other disciplines. Lotte Meinert, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. Medical research...

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Other Authors: Geissler, Wenzel (Editor), Molyneux, Catherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Subjects:
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Africa > Congresses.
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects > Africa > Congresses.
Medical ethics > Congresses.
Cross-cultural studies.
Anthropology.
Medical sociology.
Medicine.
Medicine: general issues.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
MEDICAL > Healing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Cross-cultural studies
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Africa.
Africa
Conference papers and proceedings
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