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Global health policy, local realities : the fallacy of the level playing field / edited by Linda M. Whiteford, Lenore Manderson.

Contributor(s): Whiteford, Linda M | Manderson, LenoreSeries: Directions in applied anthropologyPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2000. Description: vi, 333 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781555878740Subject(s): World health -- Social aspects -- Case studies | Medical policy -- Social aspects -- Case studiesDDC classification: 362.1 LOC classification: RA441. | G57 2000
Contents:
Pt. 1. International health policy and issues of localization. The politics of child survival -- Administering the epidemic : HIV/AIDS policy, models of development, and international health -- Local identity, globalization, and health in Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Health care from the perspectives of Minahasa villagers, Indonesia -- pt. 2. The global pharmacy. The King's law stops at the village gate : local and global pharmacy regulation in Vietnam -- The business of medicines and the politics of knowledge in Uganda -- pt. 3. Relocating bodies and body parts. Bodies transported : health and identity among involuntary immigrant women -- Poverty, pity, and the erasure of power : Somali refugee dependency -- Ethical issues in human organ replacement : a case study from India -- pt. 4. Globalizing mothering. Does authoritative knowledge in infant nutrition lead to successful breast-feeding? A critical perspective -- Reforming routines : a baby-friendly hospital in urban China -- pt. 5. Conclusion. International health research : the rules of the game.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-318) and index.

Pt. 1. International health policy and issues of localization. The politics of child survival -- Administering the epidemic : HIV/AIDS policy, models of development, and international health -- Local identity, globalization, and health in Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Health care from the perspectives of Minahasa villagers, Indonesia -- pt. 2. The global pharmacy. The King's law stops at the village gate : local and global pharmacy regulation in Vietnam -- The business of medicines and the politics of knowledge in Uganda -- pt. 3. Relocating bodies and body parts. Bodies transported : health and identity among involuntary immigrant women -- Poverty, pity, and the erasure of power : Somali refugee dependency -- Ethical issues in human organ replacement : a case study from India -- pt. 4. Globalizing mothering. Does authoritative knowledge in infant nutrition lead to successful breast-feeding? A critical perspective -- Reforming routines : a baby-friendly hospital in urban China -- pt. 5. Conclusion. International health research : the rules of the game.