Divining without seeds
Subtitle: the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa
By: Iruka N. Okeke
Series: The culture and politics of health care work; Culture and politics of health care work
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780801449413
Subjects: Clinical medicine; Clinical Medicine; Methods; Laboratory Diagnosis; Diagnosis; Medical laboratories; Laboratories; Supply & distribution; Communicable Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: The power of sight; title: Fever: is it malaria?; title: Fever: beyond malaria; title: Drug resistance; title: Viral hemorrhagic fevers; title: Detecting covert infection ahead of the final diagnosis; title: Diagnostic certainty and disease control; title: Origins and outlook of diagnostic insufficiency in Africa; title: Conclusion: the feasibility of laboratory diagnosis in African settings.