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1 online resource |
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Cambridge studies in law and society |
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; list of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One Recognising harm and suffering; 1 Keeping magical harm invisible: Public health, witchcraft and the law in Kyela, Tanzania; 2 Non-human suffering: A humanitarian project; 3 The causes of torture: Law, medicine and the assessment of suffering in British asylum claims; 4 Trespass, crime and insanity: the social life of categories; 5 Local justice in the allocation of medical certificates during French asylum procedures: From protocols to face-to-face interactions |
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6 Contentious Roommates? Spatial constructions of the therapeutic-evidential spectrum in medicolegal workPart Two Understanding and allocating remedy; 7 The juridical hospital: claiming the right to pharmaceuticals in Brazilian courts; 8 Courts and the control of TB: Quarantine, travel and the question of adherence; 9 Dying to go to court: Demanding a legal remedy to end-of-life uncertainty; 10 Rehabilitation of paedophiles at the intersection of law and therapy; 11 A republic of remedies: Psychosocial interventions in post-conflict Guatemala; Index |
| Summary |
"Law and medicine can be caught in a tight embrace. They both play a central role in the politics of harm, making decisions regarding what counts as injury and what might be the most suitable forms of redress or remedy. But where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering? Using empirical case studies from Europe, the Americas and Africa, The Clinic and the Court brings together leading medical and legal anthropologists to explore this question"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Medical laws and legislation.
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Applied anthropology.
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forensic medicine.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Applied anthropology
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Medical jurisprudence
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Medical laws and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harper, Ian (Anthropologist), editor.
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Kelly, Tobias, editor
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Khanna, Akshay, editor
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| ISBN |
9781139923286 |
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1139923285 |
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9781316319710 |
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1316319717 |
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