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Improvised medicine

by Julie Livingston

OncologyTreatmentCancerCancer, treatmentBotswanaMedical care, africaHospital Oncology ServiceMedical Oncology

"In Improvising Medicine, Julie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows patients, their relatives, and ward staff as a cancer epidemic emerged in Botswana"--Publisher's description.

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Book data: Open Library