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Beyond surgery : injury, healing, and religion at an Ethiopian hospital

Title
Beyond surgery : injury, healing, and religion at an Ethiopian hospital / Anita Hannig.
Author
Hannig, Anita
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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Description
xi, 247 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Subject
  • Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia
  • Medical anthropology > Ethiopia
  • Fistula, Vesico-vaginal > Treatment > Ethiopia
  • Fistula, Vesico-vaginal > Social aspects > Ethiopia
  • Fistula, Vesico-vaginal > Religious aspects > YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
  • Fistula, Vesico-vaginal > Hospitals > Ethiopia > ʼAmāra kelel
  • Women patients > Ethiopia > ʼAmāra kelel
  • Women's hospitals > Ethiopia > ʼAmāra kelel
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-235) and index.
Contents
Kin, society, and religion. A malleable world: injury, care, and belonging -- Interlude: Yashume -- The pure and the pious: flow, containment, and transgression -- Fistula treatment and the institution. Mending the mothers of Ethiopia: institutional roots, logic, and mission -- Interlude: poison -- Clinical tracks: moving through surgery -- Beyond surgery. Healing and reforming: the making of the modern clinical subject -- Interlude: conversion -- From orphan to apprentice: crafting patient entrepreneurs at Desta Mender.
Call Number
Sc E 17-764
ISBN
  • 9780226457154
  • 022645715X
  • 9780226457291
  • 022645729X
LCCN
2016047604
OCLC
958781130
Author
Hannig, Anita, author.
Title
Beyond surgery : injury, healing, and religion at an Ethiopian hospital / Anita Hannig.
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-235) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 17-764
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