Evidence, Ethos and Experiment: The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785335006 ISBN 13: 9781785335006

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical trials, run by both public institutions and private companies. Global debates about the politics and ethics of this research are growing and local concerns are prompting calls for social studies of the "trial communities" produced by this scientific work. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa.

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Catherine Molyneux, Ph.D., is employed by Oxford University and has been working as part of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, since 1994. She currently co-leads the Social and Behavioural research (SBR) group in Kilifi. Her current research focuses on community accountability and producing new thinking, evidence and recommendations around strengthening community involvement in biomedical research and health delivery in sub-Saharan Africa.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1785335006
• ISBN 13: 9781785335006
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 510
• Herausgeber: Geissler P. Wenzel, Molyneux Catherine
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland