Book ID: CBB001221465

Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (2011)

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Geissler, P. Wenzel (Editor)
Molyneux, Catherine (Editor)


Berghahn Books


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: x + 498 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Partial contents:


Includes Chapters

Chapter Manton, John (2011) Testing a New Drug for Leprosy: Clofazimine and Its Precursors in Ireland and Nigeria, 1944--1966. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 125). unapi

Chapter Kachur, S. Patrick (2011) The Plausibility Design, Quasi-experiments, and Real-world Research: A Case Study of Antimalarial Combination Treatment in Tanzania. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 197). unapi

Chapter Müller-Rockstroh, Babette (2011) Foetuses, Facts and Frictions: Insights from Ultrasound Research in Tanzania. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 245). unapi

Chapter Langwick, Stacey A. (2011) Healers and Scientists: The Epistemological Politics of Research about Medicinal Plants in Tanzania, or “Moving Away from Traditional Medicine”. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 263). unapi

Chapter Geissler, P. Wenzel (2011) Parasite Lost: Remembering Modern Times with Kenyan Government Medical Scientists. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 297). unapi

Chapter Heald, Suzette (2011) Is the Sharia of the Doctors Killing the People? A Local Debate on Ethics and the Control of HIV/AIDS in a Rural Area in Kenya. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 333). unapi

Chapter Ombongi, Kenneth S. (2011) The Historical Interface between the State and Medical Science in Africa: Kenya's Case. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 353). unapi

Chapter Lachenal, Guillaume (2011) The Intimate Rules of the French Coopération: Morality, Race and the Postcolonial Division of Scientific Work at the Pasteur Institute of Cameroon. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 373). unapi

Chapter Schumaker, Lyn (2011) “The Mosquito Taken at the Beer-Hall”: Malaria Research and Control on Zambia's Copperbelt. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 403). unapi

Chapter Nguyen, Vinh-Kim (2011) Trial Communities: HIV and Therapeutic Citizenship in West Africa. In: Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa (p. 429). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
McKay, Richard A.
Aliete Cunha-Oliveira
Whiteside, Alan
Royles, Dan
Maes, Kenneth
Klassen, Benjamin
Concepts
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)
AIDS (disease); HIV / AIDS
Public health
Epidemics
Disease and diseases
Medicine and government
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
Africa
United States
Australia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Uganda
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