Traversing Transnational Biomedical Landscapes
An Ethnography of the Experiences of Nigerian Trained Physicians Practicing in the US and UK
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2020
transcript (Verlag)
978-3-8376-5032-7 (ISBN)
transcript (Verlag)
978-3-8376-5032-7 (ISBN)
An ethnographic study of professional life stories of Nigerian physicians who migrated to the US and the UK within the last 40 years.
In the age of globalization, the transnational dimension of sciences like medicine seems to be given. However, the agents connecting different parts of this transnational biomedical landscape have yet to receive their due attention. Situated at the intersection of contemporary debates as well as theories of medical anthropology and migration in the 21st century, this book explores the experiences of Nigerian trained physicians who migrated to the US and the UK within the last 40 years. By drawing on individual professional life stories, Judith Schühle illuminates how these physicians disconnect from and (re)connect to diverse local social and biomedical contexts, becoming established abroad while at the same time trying to influence health care services in Nigeria through transnational endeavors.
In the age of globalization, the transnational dimension of sciences like medicine seems to be given. However, the agents connecting different parts of this transnational biomedical landscape have yet to receive their due attention. Situated at the intersection of contemporary debates as well as theories of medical anthropology and migration in the 21st century, this book explores the experiences of Nigerian trained physicians who migrated to the US and the UK within the last 40 years. By drawing on individual professional life stories, Judith Schühle illuminates how these physicians disconnect from and (re)connect to diverse local social and biomedical contexts, becoming established abroad while at the same time trying to influence health care services in Nigeria through transnational endeavors.
Judith Schühle works as a curator at Museum Europäischer Kulturen - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. She received her PhD from Freie Universität Berlin in 2018.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Kultur und soziale Praxis |
| Verlagsort | Bielefeld |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 690 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
| Schlagworte | biomedicine • Cultural Anthropology • Global Health • Globalization • Medical Anthropology • Medicine • Migration • Nigeria • Skilled Migration • Sociology of Medicine • Work |
| ISBN-10 | 3-8376-5032-4 / 3837650324 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-8376-5032-7 / 9783837650327 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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