Healthcare in Latin America (eBook)

Illustratingthe diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, Healthcare in Latin America is the firstvolume to gather research by many of the foremost scholars working on the topicand region in fields such as history, sociology, womens studies, politicalscience, and cultural studies. Throughthis unique eclectic approach, contributors explore the development andrepresentation 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 nationalgovernments, whether reactionary or revolutionary, have approached healthcareas a means to political legitimacy and popular support. Several essays contrastmodern biomedicine-based treatment with Indigenous healing practices. Othertopics include universal health coverage, childbirth, maternal care, forcedsterilization, trans and disabled individuals access to care, intersexuality,and healthcare disparities, many of which are discussed through depictions infilms and literature.As economic and political conditions haveshifted amid modernization efforts, independence movements, migrations, andcontinued inequities, so have the policies and practices of healthcare alsodeveloped and changed. This book offers a rich overview of how the stories ofhealthcare in Latin America are intertwined with the regions political,historical, and cultural identities.Contributors: Benny J. Andrs,Jr. | Javier Barroso | Katherine E. Bliss | Eric D. Carter | David S. Dalton | Carlos S.Dimas| Sophie Esch| Renata Forste | David L. GarcaLen | Javier E. Garca Len | JethroHernndez Berrones | Katherine Hirschfeld | Emily J. Kirk | Gabriela Len-Prez | Manuel F.Medina | Christopher D. Mellinger | Alicia Z. Miklos | NicoleL. Pacino| Douglas J. Weatherford Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.