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Healthcare in Latin America : History, Society, Culture /

"Illustrating the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, contributors to this volume explore the development and representation of public health in Latin American countries"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Weatherford, Douglas (Editor ), Dalton, David S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2022.
Edición:1.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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-Perez
  • 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. Andre₍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 bebes/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.