Comrades in health : U.S. health internationalists, abroad and at home /
This collection brings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections, these essays aim to draw attention to the longstanding international activities of the hea...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Table of Contents:
- Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Making of Health Internationalists; The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm; American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936-1938; Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in the United States; Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers; Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond; Medical Internationalism and the "Last Epidemic"; Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad; Find the Best People and Support Them; Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique.
- From Harlem to HarareBrigadistas and Revolutionaries; Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond; History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health; Doctors for Global Health; Doctors Across Blockades; Across the Generations; Notes on Contributors; Index.