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Healthcare in Latin America history, society, culture

Title
Healthcare in Latin America [electronic resource] : history, society, culture / edited by David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford.
Publication
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022]

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Additional Authors
  • Dalton, David S.
  • Weatherford, Douglas.
Description
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations.
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"--
Uniform Title
Healthcare in Latin America (Online)
Subject
  • Medical care > Latin America > History
  • Medical care > Latin America > Social conditions
  • Public health > Latin America > History
  • Public health > Latin America > Social conditions
  • Medical policy > Latin America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2021055330
OCLC
ssj0002675351
Title
Healthcare in Latin America [electronic resource] : history, society, culture / edited by David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford.
Imprint
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Dalton, David S.
Weatherford, Douglas.
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