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Author Martínez, Rebecca G. (Rebecca Gilda), 1967- author.

Title Marked women : the cultural politics of cervical cancer in Venezuela / Rebecca G. Martínez
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018

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Contents Introduction : Caracas, Venezuela : on arrival -- Hospitals, patients, and doctors -- The ambiguities of risk : morality, hygiene, and "the other" -- Targeting women : bodies out of "control," public health and the body politic -- The hospital encounter : bodies marked, mended, and manipulated -- Women's agency & resilience : the way I want to be treated -- Epilogue : from neoliberalism to Chávez
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- Venezuela
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Political aspects -- Venezuela
Women's health services -- Venezuela
Poor women -- Medical care -- Venezuela
Cancer -- Patients -- Venezuela -- Social conditions
Medical anthropology -- Venezuela
Women's health services.
Social medicine.
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Women's Health Services
Sociology, Medical
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Social medicine
Cancer -- Patients -- Social conditions
Medical anthropology
Poor women -- Medical care
Women's health services
SUBJECT Venezuela
Subject Venezuela
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781503606449
1503606449