FULBRIGHT RESEARCH

ETHNOGRAPHY

Overview

Field Work

Fulbright Conference

Fulbright- Nehru Research

Sickle Cell Anemia & Comprehensive Care

An ethnographic exploration into the South Gujarat Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) healthcare paradigm and the ways in which it affects and accommodates for the inherent emotional effects of Sickle Cell Anemia on patients and caregivers.


I extend much appreciation to:


  • S. Gujarat SCD Families

  • S. Gujarat SCD Counsellors

  • Fulbright-Nehru

  • Hina Patel Foundation

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  • Valsad Raktdan Kendra Blood Bank

Snehal Patel (right) is the A.S.H.A. worker and sister-in-law to the decendants of the first man screened for Sickle Cell in South Gujarat

IN-DEPTH DOCUMENTATION COMING SOON

RESEARCH AIM