Medicine on the periphery : public health in Yucatán, Mexico, 1870-1960 /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Sowell, David, 1952- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1086543
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Summary: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.
Descrición Física:1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197) and index.
ISBN:1498517358
9781498517355
9781498517348
149851734X