Approximately one in two hundred persons in the Marshall Islands have active tuberculosis
(TB). We examine the historical antecedents of this situation in order to assign ethical …

What causes disease? It seems the most simple of questions one could ask about disease
from a public health standpoint. Yet there is nothing simple about it. Consider, for example …

Earlier chapters in this volume have demonstrated that studies of health and disease, which
confine themselves to anthropology on the one hand or epidemiology on the other, offer …

The AIDS pandemic has focused renewed attention on the relationship between the
promotion of health and the protection of human rights. Recent work by Paul Farmer and …

Since 1986, we have seen a rise in the occurrence of tuberculosis in the United States. Long
considered defeated in this country, the disease is returning with distressing vigor …

During the twentieth century, spectacular developments in science, technology and medical
practice coupled with economic growth have transformed health care and improved the lives …

In this article, we describe in detail the health and general living conditions resulting from the
ongoing armed conflict in Yemen, including the historical and geopolitical underpinnings. In …

This paper explores the notion of reciprocity in the context of active pulmonary and laryngeal
tuberculosis (TB) treatment and related control policies and practices. We seek to do three …

This paper explores the issue of compliance by focusing on the control of tuberculosis. In the
last ten years, patient compliance in tuberculosis control has discursively shifted from 'direct …

The havoc wreaked by the disastrous Australian bushfires has caused great pain but has
also generated some critical lessons. The damage has been unimaginable: over the course …