The Resource Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal, Ellen E. Foley
Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal, Ellen E. Foley
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- Summary
- Your Pocket Is What Cures You examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by sub-Saharan African structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients. Grounded in ethnography, it also explores how cultural frameworks, particularly those stemming from Islam and Wolof ethnomedicine, are central to understanding how people manage vulnerability to ill health
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages)
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments; 1. A Different African Health Story; 2. A Brief History of Senegal; 3. Urban and Rural Dilemmas; 4. Glocal Health Reform in Saint Louis; 5. Market-Based Medicine and Shantytown Politics in Pikine; 6. Knowledge Encounters: Biomedicine, Islam, and Wolof Medicine; 7. Gender, Social Hierarchy, and Health Practice; 8. Domestic Disputes and Generational Struggles over Household Health; 9. Encountering Development in Ganjool; 10. Believe in God, but Plow Your Field; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
- Isbn
- 9780813549071
- Label
- Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal
- Title
- Your pocket is what cures you
- Title remainder
- the politics of health in Senegal
- Statement of responsibility
- Ellen E. Foley
- Subject
-
- Anthropology
- Developing Countries
- Economic history
- Economics, Medical
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- General
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical care
- Medical care -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical economics
- Medical economics -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical policy
- Medical policy -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Public Health
- Public health
- Public health -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Economic conditions
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Social conditions
- Senegal
- Senegal -- Saint-Louis Region
- Social Conditions
- Social conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Your Pocket Is What Cures You examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by sub-Saharan African structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients. Grounded in ethnography, it also explores how cultural frameworks, particularly those stemming from Islam and Wolof ethnomedicine, are central to understanding how people manage vulnerability to ill health
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Foley, Ellen E.
- Dewey number
- 362.109663
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN296.5.S38
- LC item number
- F65 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2010 A-831
- WA 395
- NLM item number
- F663y 2010
- Series statement
- Studies in medical anthropology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Medical anthropology
- Medical policy
- Public health
- Medical care
- Medical economics
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal)
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal)
- Public Health
- Anthropology
- Developing Countries
- Economics, Medical
- Social Conditions
- Senegal
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- Economic history
- Medical anthropology
- Medical care
- Medical economics
- Medical policy
- Public health
- Social conditions
- Senegal
- Label
- Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal, Ellen E. Foley
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; 1. A Different African Health Story; 2. A Brief History of Senegal; 3. Urban and Rural Dilemmas; 4. Glocal Health Reform in Saint Louis; 5. Market-Based Medicine and Shantytown Politics in Pikine; 6. Knowledge Encounters: Biomedicine, Islam, and Wolof Medicine; 7. Gender, Social Hierarchy, and Health Practice; 8. Domestic Disputes and Generational Struggles over Household Health; 9. Encountering Development in Ganjool; 10. Believe in God, but Plow Your Field; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
- Control code
- 664346945
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813549071
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 256234
- 22573/ctt4jt8s0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)664346945
- Label
- Your pocket is what cures you : the politics of health in Senegal, Ellen E. Foley
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; 1. A Different African Health Story; 2. A Brief History of Senegal; 3. Urban and Rural Dilemmas; 4. Glocal Health Reform in Saint Louis; 5. Market-Based Medicine and Shantytown Politics in Pikine; 6. Knowledge Encounters: Biomedicine, Islam, and Wolof Medicine; 7. Gender, Social Hierarchy, and Health Practice; 8. Domestic Disputes and Generational Struggles over Household Health; 9. Encountering Development in Ganjool; 10. Believe in God, but Plow Your Field; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
- Control code
- 664346945
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813549071
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 256234
- 22573/ctt4jt8s0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)664346945
Subject
- Anthropology
- Developing Countries
- Economic history
- Economics, Medical
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- General
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical care
- Medical care -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical economics
- Medical economics -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Medical policy
- Medical policy -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Public Health
- Public health
- Public health -- Senegal | Saint-Louis Region
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Economic conditions
- Saint-Louis Region (Senegal) -- Social conditions
- Senegal
- Senegal -- Saint-Louis Region
- Social Conditions
- Social conditions
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