No more to spend : neglect and the construction of scarcity in Malawi's history of health care / Luk...
No more to spend : neglect and the construction of scarcity in Malawi's history of health care / Luk...
No more to spend : neglect and the construction of scarcity in Malawi's history of health care / Luke Messac; foreword by Paul Farmer.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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G 2021/2952
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English
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Physical content
xix, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: The Construction of Scarcity -- 1. Drugs for the Tengatenga, 1861-1919 -- 2. "Territories of Vast Potentiality," 1919-1930 -- 3. "We Have to Wait for Riots and Disturbances," 1931-1941 -- 4. Health in Wartime Development and Postwar Visions, -- "5. "The Partnership Between a Rider and...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Dismal spending on government health services is often considered a necessary consequence of a low per-capita GDP, but are poor patients in poor countries really fated to be denied the fruits of modern medicine? In many countries, officials speak of proper health care as a luxury, and convincing politicians to ensure citizens have access to qualit...
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No more to spend : neglect and the construction of scarcity in Malawi's history of health care / Luke Messac; foreword by Paul Farmer.
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Neglect and the construction of scarcity in Malawi's history of health care
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-262) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2952
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74VKarOx3jWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarOx3jWd
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ISBN
0190066199
9780190066192
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362.1096897
MMS ID
991024442329002626
