Sanaullah Khan

Discretionary Medicine in Pakistan

Poverty, Coloniality and Health

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses the notion of 'discretionary medicine' to explore the landscape of contemporary healthcare in Pakistan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781032600208
• ISBN-10: 1032600209
• Artikelnr.: 71235240

Autorenporträt

Sanaullah Khan is an assistant professor of medical anthropology at the University of Akron.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Medicine, coloniality and social difference
2 Cold War Politics, bureaucracies and the birth of Pakistani Public Health
3 Prisons, Bureaucratic violence and the Uses of Psychiatry in Pakistan
4 Public health, punishment and chronicity
5 Displacement, Criminalization and Health
6 Transitory Health
Conclusion