Description
Illustrating
the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, Healthcare in Latin America is the first
volume to gather research by many of the foremost scholars working on the topic
and region in fields such as history, sociology, women's studies, political
science, and cultural studies. Through
this unique eclectic approach, contributors explore the development and
representation of public health in countries including Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the United States. They examine how national
governments, whether reactionary or revolutionary, have approached healthcare
as a means to political legitimacy and popular support. Several essays contrast
modern biomedicine-based treatment with Indigenous healing practices. Other
topics include universal health coverage, childbirth, maternal care, forced
sterilization, trans and disabled individuals' access to care, intersexuality,
and healthcare disparities, many of which are discussed through depictions in
films and literature. As economic and political conditions have
shifted amid modernization efforts, independence movements, migrations, and
continued inequities, so have the policies and practices of healthcare also
developed and changed. This book offers a rich overview of how the stories of
healthcare in Latin America are intertwined with the region's political,
historical, and cultural identities.
Jr. Javier Barroso Katherine E. Bliss Eric D. Carter David S. Dalton Carlos S. Dimas Sophie Esch
Renata Forste David L. García
León Javier E. García León Jethro
Hernández Berrones Katherine Hirschfeld Emily J. Kirk Gabriela León-Pérez Manuel F.
Medina Christopher D. Mellinger Alicia Z. Miklos Nicole L. Pacino Douglas J. Weatherford
Author: David S. Dalton
Publisher: University of Florida Press
Published: 08/16/2022
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781683403258
ISBN10: 1683403258
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | Cuba
- History | Latin America | General
the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, Healthcare in Latin America is the first
volume to gather research by many of the foremost scholars working on the topic
and region in fields such as history, sociology, women's studies, political
science, and cultural studies. Through
this unique eclectic approach, contributors explore the development and
representation of public health in countries including Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the United States. They examine how national
governments, whether reactionary or revolutionary, have approached healthcare
as a means to political legitimacy and popular support. Several essays contrast
modern biomedicine-based treatment with Indigenous healing practices. Other
topics include universal health coverage, childbirth, maternal care, forced
sterilization, trans and disabled individuals' access to care, intersexuality,
and healthcare disparities, many of which are discussed through depictions in
films and literature. As economic and political conditions have
shifted amid modernization efforts, independence movements, migrations, and
continued inequities, so have the policies and practices of healthcare also
developed and changed. This book offers a rich overview of how the stories of
healthcare in Latin America are intertwined with the region's political,
historical, and cultural identities.
Jr. Javier Barroso Katherine E. Bliss Eric D. Carter David S. Dalton Carlos S. Dimas Sophie Esch
Renata Forste David L. García
León Javier E. García León Jethro
Hernández Berrones Katherine Hirschfeld Emily J. Kirk Gabriela León-Pérez Manuel F.
Medina Christopher D. Mellinger Alicia Z. Miklos Nicole L. Pacino Douglas J. Weatherford
Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: David S. Dalton
Publisher: University of Florida Press
Published: 08/16/2022
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781683403258
ISBN10: 1683403258
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | Cuba
- History | Latin America | General