Consumed In The City: Observing Tuberculosis At Century'S End

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Prologue: A Day in the Life, Chicago, 1998 ix Introduction: TB and Sociology 1 1 Bugs in the Big Apple: Chasing TB in NYC 13 2 Slow Motion Disaster: Postindustrial Poverty and the Return of TB 33 3 The Public Hospital: Battles on the TB Frontier 57 4 Cavities of Contagion: Networks and Nodes of TB in Chicago 87 5 Welcome to the West Side: Hanging Out in TB Alley 116 6 Hard Case Histories: Narratives of Tuberculosis, Homelessness, and Addiction 150 7 Difficult Negotiations: Coercion, Care, and Compliance in TB Therapy 188 8 Sheep’s Clothing: Lessons Learned from TB in the Field 233 Conclusion: Implications of a Marginal Epidemic 255 Epilogue: Back on the Corner, Chicago, 2002 263 Notes 267 Works Cited 273 Index 284 v ...