EAST AFRICAN DOCTORS by John Iliffe ( 9780521632720 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

EAST AFRICAN DOCTORS
A HISTORY OF THE MODERN PROFESSION

By:

John Iliffe

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521632722

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9780521632720

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

27 August, 1998

Series:

African Studies No.95

Pages:

354

Description:

This 1998 book is a history of Africans as modern doctors based on extensive research in East Africa.

Synopsis:

John Iliffe's 1998 book is a history of the African medical profession in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania from the earliest training of modern medical staff in the 1870s to the present day. Based on extensive research, and dealing exclusively with African doctors, it offers an understanding of professionalisation in the Third World. It describes the recruitment and education of doctors, their understanding and practice of modern medicine, the struggle for international recognition of their qualifications and efforts to develop East African medical systems after independence, and their experiences during a period of political and economic difficulty. The book ends with an account of the significant work of East African doctors in the study and control of AIDS. This is a major contribution to the social history of Africa and to the social history of medicine more broadly.

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Cambridge University Press

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