Epidemiological Obfuscation: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies (Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology) - Hardcover

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Freya L. Jephcott is a Senior Research Associate in medical anthropology and epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and a Senior Lecturer in Global Health at the University of Sydney. She convenes the Hidden Epidemics and Epidemiological Obfuscation Research Network and Outbreak Ethnographies project. In addition to her research, Freya also does intermittent applied epidemiological work for Médecins Sans Frontières and the World Health Organization.

Hillary A. Ash is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Saint Louis University (USA).

Coreen McGuire is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Durham University (UK).

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Epidemiology ostensibly exists to reveal and ascribe features to burdens of disease at a population level. However, as the designated arbiter of visibility in public health, it is well-positioned to also obscure burdens of disease with significant implications for both social justice and disease control.