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Global health policy, local realities : the fallacy of the level playing field / edited by Linda M. Whiteford, Lenore Manderson.
LIBRA RA441 .G57 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Directions in applied anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health--Social aspects--Case studies.
- World health.
- Medical policy--Social aspects--Case studies.
- Medical policy.
- Medical policy--Social aspects.
- World health--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 333 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2000.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Health, Globalization, and the Fallacy of the Level Playing Field / Lenore Manderson, Linda M. Whiteford 1
- Part 1 International Health Policy and Issues of Localization
- 1 The Politics of Child Survival / Judith Justice 23
- 2 Administering the Epidemic: HIV/AIDS Policy, Models of Development, and International Health / Richard Parker 39
- 3 Local Identity, Globalization, and Health in Cuba and the Dominican Republic / Linda M. Whiteford 57
- 4 Health Care from the Perspectives of Minahasa Villagers, Indonesia / Peter van Eeuwijk 79
- Part 2 The Global Pharmacy
- 5 The King's Law Stops at the Village Gate: Local and Global Pharmacy Regulation in Vietnam / David Craig 105
- 6 The Business of Medicines and the Politics of Knowledge in Uganda / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Harriet Birungi 127
- Part 3 Relocating Bodies and Body Parts
- 7 Bodies Transported: Health and Identity Among Involuntary Immigrant Women / Lenore Manderson, Milica Markovic, Margaret Kelaher 151
- 8 Poverty, Pity, and the Erasure of Power: Somali Refugee Dependency / Christina Zarowsky 177
- 9 Ethical Issues in Human Organ Replacement: A Case Study from India / Patricia A. Marshall, Abdallah Daar 205
- Part 4 Globalizing Mothering
- 10 Does Authoritative Knowledge in Infant Nutrition Lead to Successful Breast-Feeding? A Critical Perspective / Arachu Castro, Laure Marchand-Lucas 233
- 11 Reforming Routines: A Baby-Friendly Hospital in Urban China / Suzanne Zhang Gottschang 265
- 12 International Health Research: The Rules of the Game / James Trostle 291.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1555878741
- OCLC:
- 42771984
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