The return of the white plague: global poverty and the "new" tuberculosis/ (Record no. 147657)
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| fixed length control field | 00303nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781859846698 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 614.542 |
| Item number | GAN/T |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The return of the white plague: global poverty and the "new" tuberculosis/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Matthew Gandy and Alimuddin Zumla |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Verso, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi, 330 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Prologue : the return of the old diseases and the appearance of new ones / Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins --<br/>Introduction / Matthew Gandy and Alimuddin Zumla --<br/>Part 1. History and context --<br/>Life without germs : contested episodes in the history of tuberculosis / Matthew Gandy --<br/>Immigration, race, and geographies of difference in the tuberculosis pandemic / Nicholas B. King --<br/>Gender and tuberculosis : a conceptual framework for identifying gender inequalities / Anna Thorson and Vinod K. Diwan --<br/>War and disease : some perspectives on the spatial and temporal occurrence of tuberculosis in wartime / Matthew Smallman-Raynor and Andrew D. Cliff --<br/>Part 2. The "new" tuberculosis --<br/>The present global burden of tuberculosis / Léopold Blanc and Mukund Uplekar --<br/>Tuberculosis and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa / Anthony D. Harries, Nicola J. Hargreaves, and Alimuddin Zumla --<br/>The recent tuberculosis epidemic in New York City : warning from the de-developing world / Deborah Wallace and Rodrick Wallace --<br/>Private wealth and public squalor : the resurgence of tuberculosis in London / Alistair Story and Ken Citron --<br/>The social impact of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis : Haiti and Peru / Paul Farmer and David Walton --<br/>The House of the dead revisited : prisons, tuberculosis, and public health in the former Soviet bloc / Vivien Stern --<br/>Part 3. Advocacy and action --<br/>Rethinking the social context of illness : interdisciplinary approaches to tuberculosis control / Christian Lienhardt, Jessica Ogden and Oumou Sow --<br/>Reflections on the role of science in tuberculosis control / T. Mark Doherty, Martin E. Munk, and Peter Andersen --<br/>Global poverty and tuberculosis : implications for ethics and human rights / Solomon R. Benatar --<br/>Epilogue : politics, science, and the "new" tuberculosis / Alimuddin Zumla and Matthew Gandy. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Poverty |
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| Keyword | Tuberculosis |
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| Keyword | Medical policy |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gandy, Matthew, ed. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zumla, Alimuddin, ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 614.542 GAN/T | P02315 | 28/08/2016 | General Books |