Medicine, faith and politics in Agogo
a history of health care delivery in rural Ghana, ca. 1925 to 1980
Bände/Inhalt:
- Introduction - Building a hospital (ca. 1925 to 1930) - Expansion and technical supremacy (ca. 1930 to 1940) - Re-opening and re-orientation (ca. 1945 to 1955) - The tuberculosis resort (ca. 1950 to 1965) - Nursing, Christian devotion, and development cooperation (ca. 1950 to 1970) - Collaboration dependency, integration (ca. 1955 to 1980) - Concluding remarks
- Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo examines the development of health care delivery at a former mission hospital in Ghana. It reveals confi gurations of interests, values and ideologies that shaped the development and implementation of health care practices, strategies and concepts. By providing an in-depth analysis, the book contributes a particular perspective on the history of health care delivery in rural Africa and beyond. It addresses topics that are still heavily under-researched. These include the 'sdecolonisation' of health care as well as the development and implementation of medical concepts for 'sdeveloping countries' such as primary health care.