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Divining without seeds the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa

Title
Divining without seeds [electronic resource] : the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke.
Author
Okeke, Iruka N., 1970-
Publication
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xvii, 222 p.)
Series Statement
The culture and politics of health care work
Uniform Title
  • Divining without seeds (Online)
  • Culture and politics of health care work.
Alternative Title
Divining without seeds (Online)
Subject
  • Diagnosis, Laboratory > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Medical laboratories > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Clinical medicine > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The power of sight -- Fever: is it malaria? -- Fever: beyond malaria -- Drug resistance -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers -- Detecting covert infection ahead of the final diagnosis -- Diagnostic certainty and disease control -- Origins and outlook of diagnostic insufficiency in Africa -- Conclusion: the feasibility of laboratory diagnosis in African settings.
LCCN
2010037178
OCLC
ssj0000529830
Author
Okeke, Iruka N., 1970-
Title
Divining without seeds [electronic resource] : the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke.
Imprint
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011.
Series
The culture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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