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Anthropology in the Making: Research in Health and Development: 16 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology) - Hardcover

Vidal, Laurent

 
9780415717823: Anthropology in the Making: Research in Health and Development: 16 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415717825 ISBN 13: 9780415717823
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

In Anthropology in the Making, Laurent Vidal takes the reader into the world of research in the fields of health and development, providing a fresh and provocative perspective on the practice of anthropology. This volume investigates the “science of otherness” across four multi-disciplinary research projects in Africa, examining the practices of health workers, the behaviors of patients, and the organization and management of health systems struggling with AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Balancing epistemological considerations with the practical concerns thrown up by real-life situations, Vidal explores the researcher’s choices - of method, objective, and terrain.

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About the Author

Laurent Vidal is an anthropologist at France’s Institute of Development Research (IRD), where he is a former director of the Department of Social Sciences. A specialist in health issues in Africa, his work over the past two decades has melded research on development questions in the field of health with critical analysis of the practice of research itself.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415717825
ISBN 13 
9780415717823
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
194