Development and Public Health in the Himalaya : Reflections on healing in contemporary Nepal


Ian. Harper
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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Harper, Ian ( Contributor )
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Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2014.
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1 online resource (185 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Nepali transliteration and dates; Nepali glossary; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Palpa and its healing traditions; 3 'The view from the clinic': healing as viewed from the perspective of the modern; 4 'Caught in the middle': power, efficacy and healing; 5 Bird trips and medicines: a particular history of the mission hospital; 6 Dealing with 'multiple physical complaints': introducing psychiatric services. - 7 'Medicines and syrups! Such is the manner of living': capsular promise as public health and the vitamin A programme8 Creating order from treatment chaos: implementing protocols and the control of tuberculosis; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. - Engaging with a range of public health issues, this book charts important social and political transitions in Nepal through the lens of medicine and health development. It focuses on mission health care institutions, tuberculosis control programmes as a site of medical intervention, the ""pharmaceuticalization"" of mental health and public health, and in relation to development ideologies the attempted creation of modern subjects and citizens to advance the health of the nation.Based on two decades of experience, both as a physician and public health professional and an anthro
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