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Includes articles which offer an alternative view of the political and economic causes of substandard health care in the underdeveloped societies of the Third World.

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Author:   Vicente Navarro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415785570

ISBN 10:   041578557
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   16 January 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

•Introduction: The Nature of Imperialism and Its Implications in Health and Medicine Vicente Navarro PART 1: The Political and Economic Determinants of the Underdevelopment of Health and Health Services •The Underdevelopment of Health or the Health of Underdevelopment: An Analysis of the Distribution of Human Health Resources in Latin America Vicente Navarro •Human Rights, Health, and Capital Accumulation in the Third World Michel Chossudovsky •The Economic and Political Determinants of Human (Including Health) Rights Vicente Navarro •Drought and Dependence in the Sahel Nicole Ball PART 2: U.S. Foundations, U.S. Foreign Policy and International Health •Foreign Intervention in Medical Education: A Case Study of the Rockefeller Foundation's Involvement in a Thai Medical School PeterJ. Donaldson •Nutrition, Development, and Foreign Aid: A Case Study of U.S. Directed Health Care in a Columbian Plantation Zone Michael Taussig •Community Medicine Under Imperialism: A New Medical Police? Jaime Breilh PART 3: Critiques of Malthusian and Neo-Malthusian Population Theories and Their Political Function •Population Growth--A Menace to What? Erland Hofsten •An Historical Sketch of the American Population Control Movement Bonnie Mass PART 4: Corporate Power and Underdevelopment •Industrialization and Occupational Health in Underdeveloped Countries Ray H. Elling •Breast-Feeding: The Role of Multinational Corporations Latin America Michael B. Bader •The Political Economy of Controlling Transnationals: The Pharmaceutical Industry in Sri Lanka, 1972-1976 Sanjaya Lall and Senaka Bibile •Contributors

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