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Healthcare in Latin America : history, society, culture / edited by David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Latin America--History.
- Medical care.
- Medical care--Latin America--Social conditions.
- Public health--Latin America--History.
- Public health.
- Public health--Latin America--Social conditions.
- Medical policy--Latin America.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Healthcare in Latin America
- ISBN:
- 9781683403135
- 1683403134
- 9781683402763
- 1683402766
- Publisher Number:
- 99991412166
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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