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Fever epidemics and fever clinics : Institutionalising disease and cure in contemporary Kerala

During the mid-1990s, the state of Kerala witnessed a wave of `fever epidemics', whichthe government tackled by establishing fever clinics. Based on an ethnography of these clinics, this article examines how, from being a symptom of the body's defensive response, fever has itself become in...

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Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Mathew George
Формат: Printed Book
Опубликовано: Contributions to Indian Sociology 2011 45: 373 2011
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Online-ссылка:http://10.26.1.76/ks/004245.pdf