Fistula Politics: Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger

Fistula Politics: Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger
ISBN-10
1978800363
ISBN-13
9781978800366
Category
Medical
Pages
271
Language
English
Published
2018-10-15
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Alison Heller

Description

Part I: Incontinence and inequalities -- Living incontinence -- Laraba's story -- Fistula stigma -- Liminal wives -- Part II: Clinical encounters -- Beds, sixty minutes -- The "worst place to be a mother"--The indeterminable wait -- Part III: The marketplace of victimhood -- Arantut's story -- Superlative sufferers -- Costs and consequences -- The threshold of continence

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