A right to health : medicine, marginality, and health care reform in northeastern Brazil / by Jessica Scott Jerome.

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Jerome, Jessica Scott [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 37.Publisher: Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780292766631 (library e-book)
9780292766648 (non-library e-book)
9780292766631 (e-book)

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Right to health : medicine, marginality, and health care reform in northeastern Brazil.DDC classification:

362.10981 23

LOC classification:

RA418.3.B6 J47 2015

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Contents:

Pirambu : historical and contemporary accounts of citizenship in a favela -- A history of welfare and the poor in Cear�a -- Democratizing health care : health councils in Pirambu -- Prescribing knowledge : farm�acia viva and the rationalization of traditional medicine -- Favors, rights, and the management of illness -- Public and private medical care for a new generation in Pirambu -- Conclusion : a politics of health.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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