Making Uncertainty : : Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health in South Africa /

Making Uncertainty : : Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health in South Africa / / Anna Versfeld.

In Cape Town, South Africa, many people with tuberculosis also use substances. This sets up a seemingly impossible problem: People who use substances are at increased risk of tuberculosis disease; and substance use seems to result in erratic behavior that makes successful treatment of people affecte...

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VerfasserIn:
Versfeld, Anna,
MitwirkendeR:
Manderson, Lenore,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Medical Anthropology
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Physical Description:1 online resource (190 p.) :; 1 b&w illustration
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • 1 • RETURNERS
  • 2 • THE STICKINESS OF MORAL OPINION
  • 3 • CO-CONSTITUTIONS Makers and Maskers
  • 4 • SALIENCE AND SILENCE Data, Evidence, and the Making of Figure Facts
  • 5 • THE CHALLENGE OF “UNRULY” PATIENTS
  • 6 • CARE TO CURE
  • 7 • CATCHING BREATH The Hospital as Restricted Respite
  • 8 • ANTHROPOLOGY IN ACTION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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