Reimagining Social Medicine from the South

In Reimagining Social Medicine from the South, Abigail H. Neely explores social medicine's possibilities and limitations at...
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Author: Abigail H. Neely
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Reimagining Social Medicine from the South by Neely, Abigail H.

Reimagining Social Medicine from the South

$89.48

Reimagining Social Medicine from the South

$89.48
Author: Abigail H. Neely
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In Reimagining Social Medicine from the South, Abigail H. Neely explores social medicine's possibilities and limitations at one of its most important origin sites: the Pholela Community Health Centre (PCHC) in South Africa. The PCHC's focus on medical and social factors of health yielded remarkable success. And yet South Africa's systemic racial inequality hindered health center work, and witchcraft illnesses challenged a program rooted in the sciences. To understand Pholela's successes and failures, Neely interrogates the "social" in social medicine. She makes clear that the social sciences the PCHC used failed to account for the roles that Pholela's residents and their environment played in the development and success of its program. At the same time, the PCHC's reliance on biomedicine prevented it from recognizing the impact on health of witchcraft illnesses and the social relationships from which they emerged. By rewriting the story of social medicine from Pholela, Neely challenges global health practitioners to recognize the multiple worlds and actors that shape health and healing in Africa and beyond.

Author: Abigail H. Neely
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 08/27/2021
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781478014270


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2022

About the Author
Abigail H. Neely is Assistant Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College.

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