Healthcare in Latin America history, society, culture / edited by David S. Dalton and Douglas J. Weatherford.
| Other author | Dalton, David S. |
| Other author | Weatherford, Douglas. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022] |
| Description | 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021055330 |
| ISBN | 9781683402619 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781683403258 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |