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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459867403321

Autore

Jerome Jessica Scott

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-292-76663-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; book 37

Disciplina

362.10981

Soggetti

Health care reform - History - Brazil

Medical care - Brazil

Medical policy - History - Brazil

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pirambu : historical and contemporary accounts of citizenship in a favela -- A history of welfare and the poor in Ceará -- Democratizing health care : health councils in Pirambu -- Prescribing knowledge : farmácia 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.