Pharmacy in Senegal: Gender, Healing, and Entrepreneurship

Author:   Donna A. Patterson
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253014757


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 January 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Pharmacy in Senegal explores the rise and expansion of pharmacies in Senegal in the 20th century. In Senegal, as in many African nations, the pharmacy is often the center of biomedical care, where pharmacists provide examinations and diagnoses and prescribe medicines. Donna A. Patterson notes that many pharmacists are women, which adds an important dimension to this story about medical training and the medical profession. In a health care landscape that includes traditional healers, herbalists, and Muslim healers, women pharmacists have become a mainstay of the local standard of care. Patterson provides a greater understanding of the role pharmacists play in bringing health care to the people they serve.

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Author:   Donna A. Patterson
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780253014757


ISBN 10:   0253014751
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 January 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. France's Biomedical Expansion: Creating African Medical Personnel 2. Practicing Pharmacy 3. Women Own Pharmacies Too: Financing Private Pharmacies 4. House and Street: Negotiating Professional and Private Lives 5. Pharmaceutical Trafficking in Colonial and Postcolonial Senegal Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Tells a very important story about African access to pharmaceuticals and the development of professions, businesses, and commerce related to that access--which is not always legal. Charles Ambler, University of Texas, El Paso--Charles Ambler, University of Texas, El Paso


Suggests a new interpretation of the role of pharmacists where, far from being minor participants and supporting actors, they instead become key players in health care delivery. - Kalala Ngalamulume, Bryn Mawr College Tells a very important story about African access to pharmaceuticals and the development of professions, businesses, and commerce related to that access--which is not always legal. - Charles Ambler, University of Texas, El Paso


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Donna A. Patterson is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College.

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