| Description |
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations |
| 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-Pérez -- 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. André₍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 bebés/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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022) |
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Medical care -- Latin America -- History
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Medical care -- Latin America -- Social conditions
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Public health -- Latin America -- History
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Public health -- Latin America -- Social conditions
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Medical policy -- Latin America
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MEDICAL / History.
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HISTORY / Latin America / General.
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Medical care
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Medical policy
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Public health
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Social services & welfare, criminology.
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Health and Wellbeing.
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dalton, David S., editor.
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Weatherford, Douglas, editor.
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| LC no. |
2021055331 |
| ISBN |
9781683403135 |
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1683403134 |
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9781683402763 |
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1683402766 |
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