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11%OFFSimonne Horwitz - Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto: A History of Medical Care 1941–1990 - 9781868147472 - V9781868147472
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Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto: A History of Medical Care 1941–1990

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Description for Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto: A History of Medical Care 1941–1990 Paperback. Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. The book offers new ways of exploring the history of apartheid, apartheid medicine and health care.

The long history of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (its full current name) or Bara, as it’s popularly known, has been shaped by a complex set of conditions. Established in the early 1940s, Bara stands on land purchased by the Cornish immigrant John ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868147472
SKU
V9781868147472
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About Simonne Horwitz
Simonne Horwitz, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

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