"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. facing t.p. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The questions -- Race and uncertainty -- Sickle cell disease in the clinic -- Healthcare access and medical uncertainty -- The affective dimensions of pain -- Uncertain efficacy -- Uncertain suffering -- Reforming the system -- Finding a way out of doxa : anthropology of the imagination -- Adolescent transitioning : acculturating patients to the culture of medicine -- Thought experiment : what does it mean to save a life? -- Rethinking suffering : community-based health care, alternative medicine, and faith.
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