Patients and Agents

Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health...

Sylhet, zona din Bangladesh cea mai strans asociata cu migratia de peste mari, a inregistrat o crestere a remitentelor trimise acasa din strainatate, introducand noi inegalitati. Schimbarile sociale au fost, de asemenea, mediate de fortele globale ale biomedicinei occidentale si ale islamului ortodox.