Moral Maps and Medical Imaginaries: Clinical Tourism at Malawi's College of Medicine

American Anthropologist

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-122

  Wendland, Claire L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Biomedicine; Imaginaries; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAWI; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TOURISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; MALAWI; MEDICAL TOURISM; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84858666714     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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