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Comrades in Health : U.S. Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home.
Title:
Comrades in Health : U.S. Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home.
Author:
Birn, Anne-Emanuelle.
ISBN:
9780813561226
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Series:
Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Contents:
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 Harare -- Brigadistas 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.
Abstract:
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 health left and the lessons they brought home. The involvement of these progressive U.S. health professionals is presented against the background of foreign and domestic policy, social movements, and global politics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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