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Epidemic Illusions

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Epidemic Illusions

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A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global inequities. In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician and an anthropologist, contends that public health practices--from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference--play an essential role in perpetuating a range of global inequities. Drawing on postcolonial theory, medical anthropology, and critical science studies, Richardson demonstrates the ways in which the flagship discipline of epidemiology has been shaped by the colonial, racist, and patriarchal system that had its inception in 1492.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2020-12-22
Publication Date:
2020-12-22
Publisher:
MIT Press Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0262045605
ISBN13:
9780262045605
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Weight:
297 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
205 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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