Religion and AIDS treatment in Africa: saving souls, prolonging lives
This book critically interrogates emerging interconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the era of antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. Highlighting the complex relationships between religious ideologies, practices and organizations on the one hand, and biomedical treatment programme...
| Outros Autores: | ; ; ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Farnham, Surrey [u.a.]
Ashgate
2014
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| Em: | Ano: 2014 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
África
/ AIDS
/ Doença
/ Terapia
/ Instituição religiosa
/ Cristianismo
/ Medicina
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
AIDS (Disease)
Treatment (Africa)
B AIDS (Disease) Treatment Religious aspects Christianity |
| Resumo: | This book critically interrogates emerging interconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the era of antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. Highlighting the complex relationships between religious ideologies, practices and organizations on the one hand, and biomedical treatment programmes and the scientific languages and public health institutions that sustain them on the other, this anthology charts largely uncovered terrain in the social science study of the AIDS epidemic |
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| ISBN: | 1409456692 |