Overview
- Provides the first account of the rise, influence, and eventual decline of Uganda’s psychiatrists
- Offers a case study on the development of psychiatry as a transnational and global phenomenon
- Utilises oral history interviews, giving voice to psychiatrists, community mental health workers, traditional healers, and Ugandan elders
Part of the book series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective (MHHP)
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Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton, London, UK
Yolana Pringle
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda
Authors: Yolana Pringle
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60095-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60094-3Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60095-0Published: 06 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 259
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: African History, Oral History, World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Medicine