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Author: Dr. Ellen E Foley
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ISBN: B003ZHU2PI
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Your Pocket Is What Cures You: The Politics of Health in Senegal (Studies in Medical Anthropology)

In the wake of structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, the majority of sub-Saharan African governments spend less than ten dollars per capita on health annually, and many Africans have limited access to basic medical care. Download Your Pocket Is What Cures You medical books for free.
Using a community-level approach, anthropologist Ellen E. Foley analyzes the implementation of global health policies and how they become intertwined with existing social and political inequalities in Senegal. Your Pocket Is What Cures You examines qualitative shifts in health and healing spurred by these reforms, and analyzes the dilemmas they create for health professionals and patients alike. It also explores how cultural frameworks, particularly those stemming from Islam and Get Your Pocket Is What Cures You our bestseller medical books.

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