Broken limbs, broken lives: Ethnography of a hospital ward in Bangladesh

Zaman, S.

Author: S. Zaman
Title: Broken limbs, broken lives: Ethnography of a hospital ward in Bangladesh
Supervisors: J.D.M. van der Geest
P.H. Streefland
Award date: 23 June 2003
Number of pages: 240
Document type: PhD thesis
Faculty: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Institute: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Note: Research conducted at: ASSR
Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.223518

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Titlepage
Table of Contents
Summary
Samenvatting
Acknowledgements
Chapter I INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE SCENE
Chapter II THE ETHNOGRAPHY
Chapter III BANGLADESH: A LAND OF HOPE AND DESPAIR
Chapter IV RESEARCH SETTING: THE HOSPITAL
Chapter V PATIENTS: LOST IN THE LABYRINTH
Chapter VI RELATIVES: SILENT SAVIOURS
Chapter VII WARD BOYS, CLEANERS AND GATEKEEPERS: INFLUENTIAL INFERIORS
Chapter VIII NURSES: LADIES WITHOUT LAMPS
Chapter IX DOCTORS: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Chapter X THE HOSPITAL: MIRROR OF SOCIETY
Chapter XI CONCLUSION: BROKEN LIMBS, BROKEN LIVES
EPILOGUE
Glossary of local terms:
List of abbreviations
REFERENCES
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