Beschreibung
Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo examines the
development of health care delivery at a former mission
hospital in Ghana. It reveals confi gurations of interests,
values and ideologies that shaped the development and
implementation of health care practices, strategies and
concepts. By providing an in-depth analysis, the book
contributes a particular perspective on the history of
health care delivery in rural Africa and beyond. It
addresses topics that are still heavily under-researched.
These include the `decolonisation‘ of health care as well as
the development and implementation of medical concepts for
`developing countries‘ such as primary health care.
Pascal Schmid received his PhD in history
(University
of Basel, Switzerland) in 2013 and is currently an
academic associate at the Centre for African Studies Basel.
