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Doctors for Democracy - Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution (Paperback)
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Doctors for Democracy - Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
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This book examines the role of the Nepali physicians in the
revolutionary changes in 1990. These doctors are trained in the
Western tradition, and participate in international scientific
debates, yet they have always been concerned to develop a form of
medical practice that was relevant to Nepali conditions, and which
could speak to local conceptions about health, and so their medical
practice was always politicized. Vincanne Adams argues that the
commitment of these professionals to the values of science, and to
public health, was crucial in their political activity, and that
ideas and practices associated with the notions of 'democracy' and
of 'science' supported each other. Describing her book as 'a story
that explores how very fine the line is between politics and
scientific medical truth claims', it therefore encompasses both the
modern political history of Nepal and the role of medicine in a
poor, largely rural, Hindu kingdom.
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