Reconstructing bodies biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945

Reconstructing bodies : biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945 / John P. DiMoia.

Author/creator	DiMoia, John Paul, 1966-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Description	x, 280 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Medicine--Korea (South) --History --20th century. Public health--Korea (South) --History --20th century. Medical policy--Korea (South) --History --20th century.

Series	Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. ^A593434
Contents	Medicine and its fragments, 1945-1948 -- Mobilizing new models of public health and medicine, 1945-1948 -- From Minneapolis to Seoul : transforming surgery, clinical practice, and professional identity at Seoul National University Hospital, 1954-1968 -- Family planning and nation-building in South Korea (1961-mid-1970s) -- Taking samples for the nation : historicizing the biological sample in the South Korean anti-parasite campaigns, (1969-1995) -- Reconstructing the face : Asian blepharoplasty, professional expertise, and the development of a plastic surgery market (1954-present) -- Conclusion : challenging developmental expectations.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012043939
ISBN	9780804784115 (cloth : alk. paper)

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