Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution

by Vincanne Adams

Book Overview

This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These Western trained doctors have always been concerned with developing a form of medical practice relevant to Nepali conditions, that speaks to local conceptions about health, and so their medical practice was always politicized. The author reveals how very fine the line is between politics and scientific medical truth claims. Her study encompasses both the modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585481
• ISBN13: 9780521585484
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"