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Traversing Transnational Biomedical Landscapes
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This book explores the experiences of Nigerian-trained physicians who migrated to the U.S. and the UK within the last forty years. By drawing on individual professional life stories, Judith Schühle...
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15 June 2020

In the age of globalization, the transnational dimension of sciences like medicine seems to be given. However, the agents connecting different parts of this transnational biomedical landscape have yet to receive their due attention. Situated at the intersection of contemporary debates as well as theories of medical anthropology and migration in the 21st century, this book explores the experiences of Nigerian trained physicians who migrated to the US and the UK within the last 40 years. By drawing on individual professional life stories, Judith Schühle illuminates how these physicians disconnect from and (re)connect to diverse local social and biomedical contexts, becoming established abroad while at the same time trying to influence health care services in Nigeria through transnational endeavors.
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Pages: 400
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
15 June 2020
Trim Size: 9.45 X 6.10 in
ISBN: 9783837650327
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
Judith Schühle works as a curator at Museum Europäischer Kulturen - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. She received her PhD from Freie Universität Berlin in 2018.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
List of Abbreviations 9
1. Introduction 11
2. Methodological Musings 33
3. The Emerging Nigerian Biomedical Landscape and Trajectories of Becoming a Doctor 63
4. Going Global 107
5. Female Nigerian Physicians 161
6. Practicing in a Transnational Biomedical Landscape 199
7. Between Moral Dilemmas and Logistics 255
8. Giving Back 297
9. Conclusion 353
Bibliography 363
Acknowledgements 397