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From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800–1940
Steven Palmer
Presents the history of medical practice in Costa Rica from the late colonial era to the 1940s. This book demonstrates that it was through everyday acts of negotiation among agents of the state, medical professionals, and popular practitioners that the contours of Costa Rica's modern, heterogeneous health care system were established.
352 pages, 8 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 6, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822330479 |
| Publishers | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 24 mm · 566 g |
