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Achieving Access : : Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism / / Joseph Harris.

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At a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Harris, Joseph,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.) :; 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. DEMOCRATIZATION, ELITES, AND THE EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND MEDICINE
  • Part I. ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
  • 2. THAILAND: CHASING THE DREAM OF FREE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE SICK
  • 3. BRAZIL: AGAINST ALL ODDS
  • 4. SOUTH AFRICA: EMBRACING NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE -IN NAME ONLY
  • Part II. ACCESS TO AIDS MEDICINE
  • 5. THAILAND: FROM VILLAGE SAFETY TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS
  • 6. BRAZIL: CONSTITUTING RIGHTS, SETTING PRECEDENTS, CHALLENGING NORMS
  • 7. SOUTH AFRICA: CONTESTING THE LUXURY OF AIDS DISSIDENCE
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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