Africanizing oncology : creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda /

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Author / Creator:Mika, Marissa, 1981- author.
Imprint:Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2021]
Description:xxi, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:New African histories
New African histories series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12668435
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ISBN:9780821424650
0821424653
9780821447512
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Combining methods from African studies, science and technology studies, and medical anthropology, Marissa Mika considers the Uganda Cancer Institute as a microcosm of the Ugandan state and as a lens through which to trace the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of health care providers and patients"--
Other form:Online version: Mika, Marissa, 1981- Africanizing oncology Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2021. 9780821447512

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