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A doctor across borders : Raphael Cilento and public health from empire to the United Nations /

In his day, Raphael Cilento was one of the most prominent and controversial figures in Australian medicine. As a senior medical officer in the Commonwealth and Queensland governments, he was an active participant in public health reform during the inter-war years and is best known for his vocal enga...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cameron-Smith, Alexander (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2019]
Colección:Pacific series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Abbreviations; Map and plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. An education in empire: Tropical medicine, Australia and the making of a worldly doctor; 2. A medico of Melanesia: Colonial medicine in New Guinea, 1924-1928; 3. Coordinating empires: Nationhood, Australian imperialism and international health in the Pacific Islands, 1925-1929; 4. Colonialism and Indigenous health in Queensland, 1923-1945; 5. 'Blueprint for the Health of a Nation': Cultivating the mind and body of the race, 1929-1945
  • 6. Social work and world order: The politics and ideology of social welfare at the United NationsEpilogue; Bibliography