Title Consumed in the city : observing tuberculosis at century's end / Paul Draus

Published Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) Contents Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Day in the Life, Chicago, 1998; Introduction: TB and Sociology; 1 Bugs in the Big Apple: Chasing TB in NYC; 2 Slow Motion Disaster: Postindustrial Poverty and the Return of TB; 3 The Public Hospital: Battles on the TB Frontier; 4 Cavities of Contagion: Networks and Nodes of TBin Chicago; 5 Welcome to the West Side: Hanging Out in TB Alley; 6 Hard Case Histories: Narratives of Tuberculosis, Homelessness, and Addiction; 7 Difficult Negotiations: Coercion, Care, and Compliancein TB Therapy; 8 Sheep's Clothing: Lessons Learned from TB in the Field Summary How the new tuberculosis epidemic and urban life collide Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index Notes Print version record Subject Tuberculosis -- New York (State) -- Epidemiology Tuberculosis -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Epidemiology Urban health -- New York (State) Urban health -- Illinois -- Chicago Tuberculosis. Social problems. Urban health. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Communicable Disease Control Social Problems Urban Health social issues. MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious. MEDICAL -- General. Tuberculosis Social problems Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology Urban health SUBJECT Chicago Subject Illinois -- Chicago New York (State) Form Electronic book ISBN 9781592137701 1592137709 1281093645 9781281093646

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