The Gray Zones of Medicine - 9780822967514

University of Pittsburgh Press

The Gray Zones of MedicineHealers and History in Latin America\nAuthor(s): Diego Armus, Pablo F. Gmez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pittsburgh Press\nISBN-13: 9780822967514, 978-0822967514\nSynopsis\nHealth practitioners working in gray zones, or between official and unofficial medicines, played a fundamental role in shaping Latin America from the colonial period onward. The Gray Zones of Medicine offers a human, relatable, complex examination of the history of health and healing in Latin America across five centuries. Contributors uncover how biographical narratives of individual actorsoutside those of hegemonic biomedical knowledge, careers of successful doctors, public health initiatives, and research and medical institutionscan provide a unique window into larger social, cultural, political, and economic historical changes and continuities in the region. They reveal the power of such stories to illuminate intr.