Medicine and public health in Latin America a history
"Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still predominate, and there are few panoramic studies that analyze the overarching tendencies in the deve...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Cambridge Univ. Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | New approaches to the Americas
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Geschichte
> Public Health / Latin America / History
> Delivery of Health Care / Latin America / History
> Health Policy / Latin America / History
> History, 16th Century / Latin America
> History, Modern 1601- / Latin America
> International Cooperation / Latin America / History
> Public health / Latin America / History
> Medical care / Latin America / History
> Medical policy / Latin America / History
> Gesundheitswesen
> Lateinamerika
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still predominate, and there are few panoramic studies that analyze the overarching tendencies in the development of health in the region. This comprehensive book summarizes the social history of medicine, medical education, and public health in Latin America and places it in dialogue with the international historiographical currents in medicine and health. Ultimately, this text provides a clear, broad, and provocative synthesis of the history of Latin American medical developments while illuminating the recent challenges of global health in the region and other developing countries"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: 1. Indigenous medicine, official health, and medical pluralism; 2. National medicines and sanitarian states; 3. Making national and international health; 4. Medical innovation in the twentieth century; 5. Primary health care, neoliberal response, and global health in Latin America; 6. Conclusion |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 306 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781107023673 978-1-107-02367-3 110702367X 1-107-02367-X 9781107633018 978-1-107-63301-8 110763301X 1-107-63301-X |