ISBN: 9780521584869

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Cambridge University Press], This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the Western trad… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Cambridge University Press], This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the Western tradition, and participate in international scientific debates, yet they have always been concerned to develop a form of medical practice that was relevant to Nepali conditions, and which could speak to local conceptions about health, and so their medical practice was always politicized. Vincanne Adams argues that the commitment of these professionals to the values of science, and to public health, was crucial in their political activity, and that ideas and practices associated with the notions of 'democracy' and of 'science' supported each other. Describing her book as 'a story that explores how very fine the line is between politics and scientific medical truth claims', it therefore encompasses both the modern political history of Nepal and the role of medicine in a poor, largely rural, Hindu kingdom. Table of contents: 1. Introduction 2. Doctors, science and democracy in the developing world 3. History and power in Nepal 4. Revolutionary medicine: scientists for democracy 5. Dividing lines: motivations of the medical professionals 6. Medicine and politics 7. Post-revolutionary political medicine: corruption or validation of truth? 8. Science, fetishism, truth, and privilege. This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. It speaks more broadly to anyone interested in the relationship between science and politics. Can medical doctors safely politicize medical science without undermining their claims to democracy? Can doctors in the democratizing world afford not to? An ethnography about the relationship between politics and medicine in Nepal. 263 pages - 9 half-tones Versandfertig in 3-5 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

1998, ISBN: 9780521584869

Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution, Buch, Hardcover, This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the … More...

Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution, Buch, Hardcover, This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the Western tradition, and participate in international scientific debates, yet they have always been concerned to develop a form of medical practice that was relevant to Nepali conditions, and which could speak to local conceptions about health, and so their medical practice was always politicized. Vincanne Adams argues that the commitment of these professionals to the values of science, and to public health, was crucial in their political activity, and that ideas and practices associated with the notions of 'democracy' and of 'science' supported each other. Describing her book as 'a story that explores how very fine the line is between politics and scientific medical truth claims', it therefore encompasses both the modern political history of Nepal and the role of medicine in a poor, largely rural, Hindu kingdom. [PU: Cambridge University Press], Seiten: 266, Cambridge University Press, 1998<

ISBN: 9780521584869

Hardback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. It speaks more broadly to anyone interested in the relat… More...

Hardback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. It speaks more broadly to anyone interested in the relationship between science and politics. Can medical doctors safely politicize medical science without undermining their claims to democracy? Can doctors in the democratizing world afford not to?, Social & Cultural Anthropology<

1998, ISBN: 0521584868

[EAN: 9780521584869], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Cambridge University Press], SOCIAL SCIENCE / ANTHROPOLOGY CULTURAL &, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - An ethnography a… More...

[EAN: 9780521584869], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Cambridge University Press], SOCIAL SCIENCE / ANTHROPOLOGY CULTURAL &, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - An ethnography about the relationship between politics and medicine in Nepal. 266 pp. Englisch, Books<