East African Doctors: A History of the Modern Profession

by John Iliffe

Book Overview

John Iliffe's 1998 book is a history of the African medical profession in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania from the earliest training of modern medical staff in the 1870s to the present day. Based on extensive research, and dealing exclusively with African doctors, it offers an understanding of professionalisation in the Third World. It describes the recruitment and education of doctors, their understanding and practice of modern medicine, the struggle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521632722
• ISBN13: 9780521632720
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"