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Healthcare in Latin America : History, Society, Culture
Title
Healthcare in Latin America : History, Society, Culture / edited by David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford.
ISBN
9781683402763
9781683402619
9781683403258
Edition
1.
Publication
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2022.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (272 pages).
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Summary
"Illustrating the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, contributors to this volume explore the development and representation of public health in Latin American countries"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Contents
Introduction. Healthcare in Latin America: History, Society, Culture / David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford
Part I. Healthcare in Mexico.
Healers and Doctors: A History of the Healing Occupations in Mexico / Jethro Hernández Berrones
A Systematic Approach to Health and Development in Mexico over the Last Century / Katherine E. Bliss
Health after Internal Migration within Mexico: The Role of Age at Migration, Motivations, and Place of Origin and Destination / Gabriela León-Perez
Practicing Medicine in Post-Revolution Mexico: The Case of John Steinbeck and Emilio Fern ndez / Douglas J. Weatherford
Part II. Healthcare in U.S. Latino/a/x Communities.
Colonial Care: Medicalizing Latino/a Bodies in the United States, 1894-1970s / Benny J. Andre₍s, Jr.
Healthcare in the U.S. Latinx Community: Challenges, Disparities, and Opportunities / Christopher D. Mellinger
Eugenics and Doubly Marginalized Latina Women: Forced Sterilizations in Renee Tajima-Peña's No más bebes/No More Babies / David S. Dalton
Part III. Healthcare in Central America and the Caribbean.
Cuba and the Cuban Healthcare System / Katherine Hirschfeld
Disaster Preparedness and Management in Cuba: A Health-Based Approach / Emily J. Kirk
Stories of Giving Birth in Central America: Class, Race, and Law in Women's Health / Sophie Esch and Alicia Z. Miklos
Part IV. Healthcare in the Andean Region.
A Revolution in Healthcare?: The Politics of Public Health in Post-Revolutionary Bolivia / Nicole L. Pacino
Maternal and Child Health in the Andean Region / Renata Forste
Transness and Disability in Discourses of Access to Healthcare in the Colombian Press (2000-2019) / Javier E. García León and David L. García León
Biomedicine and Ancestral Knowledges: Vengo volviendo and Healthcare Services in Ecuador / Manuel F. Medina
Part V. Healthcare in the Southern Cone.
Health Systems in Argentina and Chile: A Comparative History / Eric D. Carter
Health as a Right in Brazil and Argentina / Carlos S. Dimas
The Politics and Medical Discourse of Intersexuality in Argentina through Film: Lucía Puenzo's XXY / Javier Barroso.
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