Consumed in the city: observing tuberculosis at century's end

by Draus, Paul Joseph

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Title Statements

Full title :Consumed in the city : observing tuberculosis at century's end / Paul Draus.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Temple University Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 290 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1592132480, 9781592132485, 1592132499, 9781592132492
oclc:ocm53287915
LC Classification:RA644.T7
Dewey Decimal:362.196/995/009747109049

Prologue: A day in the life, Chicago, 1998 -- Introduction: TB and sociology -- Bugs in the Big Apple; chasing TB in NYC -- Slow motion disaster: postindustrial poverty and the return of TB -- The public hospital battles on the TB frontier -- Cavities of contagion: networks and nodes of TB in Chicago -- Welcome to the West Side: hanging out in TB alley -- Hard case histories: narratives of tuberculosis, homelessness, and addiction -- Difficult negotiations: coercion, care, and compliance in TB therapy -- Sheep's clothing: lessons learned from TB in the field -- Conclusion: Implications of a marginal epidemic -- Epilogue; Back to the corner, Chicago, 2002 -- Notes.

Subjects

Chicago -- epidemiology Communicable Disease Control Gesundheitsförderung Illinois -- Chicago Medizinsoziologie New York (State) -- New York Personal Narrative Personal narratives public health Public health -- Illinois Public health -- New York (State) Récits personnels Santé publique -- Illinois Santé publique -- New York (État) Santé urbaine Social Problems -- psychology Stadt Tuberculose -- Épidémiologie. -- Illino… Tuberculose -- Épidémiologie. -- New Yo… Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology