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

by Draus, Paul Joseph

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How the new tuberculosis epidemic and urban life collide.

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

Summary

How the new tuberculosis epidemic and urban life collide.

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:1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781592137701, 1592137709, 1281093645, 9781281093646
oclc:ocn166420997
LC Classification:RA644.T7
Dewey Decimal:362.196/995/009747109049

Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Day in the Life, Chicago, 1998; Introduction: TB and Sociology; 1 Bugs in the Big Apple: Chasing TB in NYC; 2 Slow Motion Disaster: Postindustrial Poverty and the Return of TB; 3 The Public Hospital: Battles on the TB Frontier; 4 Cavities of Contagion: Networks and Nodes of TBin Chicago; 5 Welcome to the West Side: Hanging Out in TB Alley; 6 Hard Case Histories: Narratives of Tuberculosis, Homelessness, and Addiction; 7 Difficult Negotiations: Coercion, Care, and Compliancein TB Therapy; 8 Sheep's Clothing: Lessons Learned from TB in the Field.

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Chicago Communicable Disease Control Electronic books HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases Illinois -- Chicago Medical -- General MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases New York (State) Problèmes sociaux Santé urbaine Santé urbaine -- Illinois Santé urbaine -- New York (État) social issues Social problems Tuberculose Tuberculose -- Épidémiologie. -- Illino… Tuberculose -- Épidémiologie. -- New Yo… TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology. -- Illino…