When the state and your kidneys fail: Political etiologies in an Egyptian dialysis ward

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-569

  Hamdy, Sherine F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Egypt; Kidney disease; Neoliberalism; Organ transplantation; State welfare; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049096473     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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