| Description |
1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction: anthropology in humanitarian situations -- 1 Changing contexts in humanitarianism: a challenge for anthropology -- 2 A medical operational perspective on anthropology in the setting of MSF -- 3 Ethical considerations and anthropology: the MSF experience -- 4 Emergency in practice: doing an ethnography of malnutrition in South Sudan |
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5 The paradox of safe birth: the interaction between anthropology and medical humanitarianism -- the dilemma of an MSF medical strategy versus health-seeking behaviour of Pashtun women in Khost province, Afghanistan -- 6 Whose culture needs to be questioned? access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Homa Bay, Kenya -- 7 Back to life -- Ebola survivors in Liberia: from imaginary heroes to political agents -- 8 Invisible dengue: epidemics and politics in Léogâne, Haiti -- 9 Revealing causes beyond culture: an MSF surgical project through the lens of anthropology and health promotion |
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10 "Yaya hankuri da mutani?" (How is your patience with the people?): a medical anthropological inquiry into treatment challenges in the Anka Local Government Area, Zamfara Heavy Metal Treatment Project, Nigeria -- 11 Dealing with the body social: an ethnography of dialogue in a health clinic, South Tehran, Iran -- 12 Epilogue: the new missionaries -- an anthropological reflection on humanitarian action in critical situations -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burtscher, Doris
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Stringer, Beverley
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| ISBN |
9781000059878 |
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1000059871 |
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