Low income, social growth, and good health : a history of twelve countries / James C. Riley.

Author/creator Riley, James C.
Other author Milbank Memorial Fund.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2008.
Descriptionxvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Life expectancy--Economic aspects. --Case studies.
Life expectancy--ethnology. --Case studies.
Income--Case studies.
Socioeconomic Factors--Case Reports.
World health--Case studies.

SeriesCalifornia/Milbank books on health and the public ; 17
California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 17. ^A586321
Contents Life expectancy and income among the first countries to begin health transitions -- Which countries should be studied? -- A colonizer and the country colonized : Japan and Korea -- Very low income is not a barrier : Sri Lanka -- Two neighbors : Panama and Costa Rica -- Capitalism and communism, dictatorship and democracy : Cuba and Jamaica -- The Soviet and Chinese models of social development -- Oil-rich lands -- The Latin American case : income inequality and health in Mexico -- Limiting mortality from fecal disease, malaria, and tuberculosis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-219) and index.
LCCN 2007004611
ISBN9780520252868 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520252861 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HB 1322.3 .R54 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold