Medicine on the Periphery Publcb

Informationen zum Autor By David Sowell Klappentext Medicine on the Periphery traces the development of Yucatán's medical institutions, public health programs, healers, and changing disease environment from the 1870s through 1960. The biomedicalization of Yucatán's public health system is analyzed within the Atlantic medical community and the emerging revolutionary state of central Mexico. Zusammenfassung Medicine on the Periphery traces the development of Yucatán’s medical institutions, public health programs, healers, and changing disease environment from the 1870s through 1960. The biomedicalization of Yucatán’s public health system is analyzed within the Atlantic medical community and the emerging revolutionary state of central Mexico. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Public Health and the Making of Modern YucatánChapter 2: Institutionalizing BiomedicineChapter 3: Medical CommunitiesChapter 4: Disease and Public Health CampaignsChapter 5: Public Health and the Revolutionary StateChapter 6: The Biomedicalization of Yucatán

Product details

• Authors: David Sowell, Sowell David
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9781498517348
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1734-8
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Mexico, MEDICAL / Public Health, 20th Century, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Personal & public health, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, Health systems & services, Personal and public health / health education, Health systems and services