Case Studies in Global Health - Illuminating Theory and Practice

List of contents

Introduction: Illuminating Global Health 1. Multiple Mortalities in Chiapas: Recognizing Structural Violence in Clinical Care 2. When Technical Solutions Hide Political Harm: Heart Disease and Colonial History in Haiti 3. A Navajo Transwoman Seeks Care: Rethinking Cultural Competence and Biopower 4. Constipation as Embodied Oppression: Using Structural Competency in Community Health m 5. Purity and Danger: Menstruation and Social Suffering in Nepal Conclusion: Learning Together Through Practice

About the author

Lillian Walkover is faculty in the Department of Communication and the Global Health Program at the University of California San Diego.
Jack Fukushima is a medical and doctoral student at the University of California Los Angeles.
Sriram Shamasunder and Phuoc V. Le are faculty at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and co-founders of the HEAL Initiative.

Product details

• Authors: Lillian Fukushima Walkover
• Assisted by: Jack Fukushima (Editor), Sriram Shamasunder (Editor), Phuoc V. Le (Editor), Lillian Walkover (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.01.2026
• EAN: 9781041034889
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103488-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Public health & preventive medicine, Human biology, Medical Sociology, Public health and preventive medicine, Medical Anthropology, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects