Disease in the History of Modern Latin America

Disease in the History of Modern Latin America
Author: Diego Armus
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2003-03-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822330691

DIVEdited volume that takes a non-traditional approach to the history of medicine in Latin America, and emphasizes the cultural and social construction of disease./div

Public Health in the Americas

Public Health in the Americas
Author: Pan American Health Organization
Publisher: Pan American Health Org
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2002
Genre: America
ISBN: 9275115893

This book describes the principal conceptual, methodological, and empirical developments stemming from PAHO and WHO's institutional efforts in public health, which have entailed the broad and committed participation of the Member States. It provides and overview of the status of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) in 41 countries and territories of the Americas, based on self-evaluation exercises performed by health authorities to measure their performance.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology
Author: Moyses Szklo
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2014
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1449604692

This book is specifically designed to expand reader knowledge while avoiding complex statistical formulations. Emphasizing the quantitative issues of epidemiology, this book focuses on study design, measures of association, interaction, research assessment, and other methods and practice. The Second Edition takes readers who have a good understanding of basic epidemiological principles through more rigorous discussions of concepts and methods.

The Return of Epidemics

The Return of Epidemics
Author: Marcos Cueto
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351882899

This investigation of the history of epidemics in various parts of Peru during the twentieth century opens up a new field for Latin American studies to include health and disease. These are important areas of the past that enable us to understand better the living conditions of people, the role of state authority and the dynamics of social movement.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1979
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Reshaping Health Care in Latin America

Reshaping Health Care in Latin America
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 0889369232

Reshaping Health Care in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Health Care Reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

Reassembling Social Security

Reassembling Social Security
Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2008-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199233772

The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems.