Illustrating the diversity of disciplines that intersect within
global health studies, Healthcare in Latin America is the first
volume to gather research by many of the foremost scholars working
on the topic and region in fields such as history, sociology,
women's studies, political science, and cultural studies. Through
this unique eclectic approach, contributors explore the development
and representation of public health in countries including
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the United
States. They examine how national governments, whether reactionary
or revolutionary, have approached healthcare as a means to
political legitimacy and popular support. Several essays contrast
modern biomedicine-based treatment with Indigenous healing
practices. Other topics include universal health coverage,
childbirth, maternal care, forced sterilization, trans and disabled
individuals' access to care, intersexuality, and healthcare
disparities, many of which are discussed through depictions in
films and literature. As economic and political conditions have
shifted amid modernization efforts, independence movements,
migrations, and continued inequities, so have the policies and
practices of healthcare also developed and changed. This book
offers a rich overview of how the stories of healthcare in Latin
America are intertwined with the region's political, historical,
and cultural identities.
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