Comrades in Health

U.S. Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home
Herausgeber: Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Brown, Theodore M

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Produktbeschreibung

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, this collection of essays draws attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780813561202
• ISBN-10: 0813561205
• Artikelnr.: 36840863

Autorenporträt

Edited by Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Theodore M. Brown

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I
1. Introduction: Health Comrades, Abroad and at Home
2. The Making of Health Internationalists
Part II
3. The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm
4. American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936–1938
5. Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in
the United States
Part III
6. Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers
7. Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond
8. Medical Internationalism and the “Last Epidemic”
Part IV
9. Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad
10. Find the Best People and Support Them
11. Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique
12. From Harlem to Harare
Part V
13. Brigadistas and Revolutionaries
14. Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond
15. History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health
16. Doctors for Global Health
17. Doctors Across Blockades
Part VI
18. Across the Generations
Notes on Contributors
Index