East African Doctors

A History of the Modern Profession
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-521-63272-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 95, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 664 g

Reihe: African Studies

John Iliffe's latest book is the first history of the African medical profession in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania from the earliest training of modern medical staff in the 1870s to the present day. Based on extensive research, and dealing exclusively with African doctors, it offers a new understanding of professionalisation in the Third World. It describes the recruitment and education of doctors, their understanding and practice of modern medicine, the struggle for international recognition of their qualifications and efforts to develop East African medical systems after independence, and their experiences during a period of political and economic difficulty. The book ends with an account of the significant work of East African doctors in the study and control of AIDS. This is a major contribution to the social history of Africa and to the social history of medicine more broadly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lliffe, John

Iliffe, John

Anderson, David

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The argument; 2. Pioneers; 3. The age of the tribal dresser; 4. Makerere and its students, 1923–49; 5. The pursuit of professional status; 6. The transfer of power; 7. Uganda: doctors and a disintegrating state; 8. Kenya: doctors and a capitalist transition; 9. Tanzania: doctors and a socialist experiment; 10. AIDS; 11. Conclusion.