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Book Synopsis
Explores the rise and expansion of pharmacies in Senegal in the 20th century. This book notes that many pharmacists are women, which adds an important dimension to this story about medical training and the medical profession.

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[P]rovides insight into the role of pharmacies in a country that also embraces traditional healers, herbalists, and Muslim healers as part of the health care team.4/3/15

* Pharmacy Times *

Patterson . . . has written an insightful history of pharmacy education, practice, and entrepreneurship in Senegal.

* Ufahamu *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. France's Biomedical Expansion: Creating African Medical Personnel
2. Practicing Pharmacy
3. Women Own Pharmacies Too: Financing Private Pharmacies
4. House and Street: Negotiating Professional and Private Lives
5. Pharmaceutical Trafficking in Colonial and Postcolonial Senegal
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Pharmacy in Senegal

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    A Paperback / softback by Donna A. Patterson

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 20/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9780253014757, 978-0253014757
      ISBN10: 0253014751
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the rise and expansion of pharmacies in Senegal in the 20th century. This book notes that many pharmacists are women, which adds an important dimension to this story about medical training and the medical profession.

      Trade Review

      [P]rovides insight into the role of pharmacies in a country that also embraces traditional healers, herbalists, and Muslim healers as part of the health care team.4/3/15

      * Pharmacy Times *

      Patterson . . . has written an insightful history of pharmacy education, practice, and entrepreneurship in Senegal.

      * Ufahamu *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. France's Biomedical Expansion: Creating African Medical Personnel
      2. Practicing Pharmacy
      3. Women Own Pharmacies Too: Financing Private Pharmacies
      4. House and Street: Negotiating Professional and Private Lives
      5. Pharmaceutical Trafficking in Colonial and Postcolonial Senegal
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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