Mobile Patients, Static Response: (Mis)managing well-being amidst South Africa's dual epidemic

Mobile Patients, Static Response: (Mis)managing well-being amidst South Africa's dual epidemic

Drawing from medical anthropology's approach to global health, this dissertation examines well-being among HIV- and TB-infected labor migrants in South Africa. Based on forty-four months of fieldwork from 2005 to 2013, it narrates households' struggles to make ends meet materially and mor...

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Main Author: Saltzman, Amy Beth
Other Authors: Kleinman, Arthur Michael
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
Subjects:
Cultural anthropology
HIV
labor migration
mobility
South Africa
TB
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11182
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11169765

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http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11182
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11169765

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