the cultural politics of cervical cancer in Venezuela /
First Statement of Responsibility
Rebecca G. Martínez.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, California :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Stanford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : Caracas, Venezuela : on arrival -- Hospitals, patients, and doctors -- The ambiguities of risk : morality, hygiene, and "the other" -- Targeting women : bodies out of "control," public health and the body politic -- The hospital encounter : bodies marked, mended, and manipulated -- Women's agency & resilience : the way I want to be treated -- Epilogue : from neoliberalism to Chávez.
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Title
Marked women.
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9781503605114
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cancer-- Patients-- Venezuela-- Social conditions.
Cervix uteri-- Cancer-- Political aspects-- Venezuela.
Cervix uteri-- Cancer-- Social aspects-- Venezuela.
Medical anthropology-- Venezuela.
Poor women-- Medical care-- Venezuela.
Women's health services-- Venezuela.
Sociology, Medical.
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms.
Women's Health Services.
Cancer-- Patients-- Social conditions.
Medical anthropology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.