Médecins sans Frontières and humanitarian situations : an anthropological exploration /: an anthropological exploration. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jean-François Véran, Doris Burtscher, Beverley Stringer.
• Editors: Véran, Jean-François; Burtscher, Doris; Stringer, Beverley
• Contents: Introduction – Anthropology in humanitarian situations Jean-François Véran, Doris Burtscher and Beverley Stringer 1. Changing contexts in humanitarianism: a challenge for anthropology Tammam Aloudat and James Smith 2. A medical operational perspective on anthropology in the setting of MSF William Hennequin and Kiran Jobanputra 3. Ethical considerations and anthropology: the MSF experience Beverley Stringer, Renée Teernstra, Darryl Stellmach and Emilie Venables 4. Emergency in practice: doing an ethnography of malnutrition in South Sudan Darryl Stellmach 5. The paradox of safe birth: The interaction between anthropology and medical humanitarianism – the dilemma of an MSF medical strategy versus health-seeking behaviour of Pashtun women in Khost province, Afghanistan Doris Burtscher 6. Whose culture needs to be questioned? Access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Homa Bay, Kenya Vanja Kovačič 7. Back to Life. Ebola survivors in Liberia: from imaginary heroes to political agents Emilie Venables and Umberto Pellecchia 8. Invisible Dengue: Epidemics and Politics in Léogâne, Haiti Jean-François Véran 9. Revealing causes beyond culture: An MSF surgical project through the lens of anthropology and health promotion Ursula Wagner and Paul Grohma 10. ‘Yaya hankuri da mutani?’ (How is your patience with the people?) A medical anthropological inquiry into treatment challenges in the Anka Local Government Area, Zamfara Heavy Metal Treatment Project, Nigeria Annemieke Bont, Marit van Lenthe and Karla Bil 11. Dealing with the body social: an ethnography of dialogue in a health clinic, south Tehran, Iran Mitra Asfari 12. The New Missionaries. An Anthropological Reflection on Humanitarian Action in Critical Situations Jean-François Véran and Frederic Vandenberghe
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 361.77; Humanitarianism; Anthropology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000059878; 9781000059854; 9781000059861; 9780367817244
• Related ISBNs: 9780367417956; 9780367419998
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