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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
Contributor:
Whiteford, Linda M.
Manderson, Lenore.
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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