In Pursuit of Health Equity - 9781469674445

In Pursuit of Health EquityA History of Latin American Social Medicine\nAuthor(s): Eric D. Carter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469674445, 978-1469674445\nSynopsis\nThroughout Latin America, social medicine has been widely recognized for its critical perspectives on mainstream understandings of health and for its progressive policy achievements. Nevertheless, it has been an elusive subject: hard to define, with puzzling historical discontinuities and misconceptions about its origins. Drawing on a vast archive and with an ambitious narrative scope that transcends national borders, Eric D. Carter offers the first comprehensive intellectual and political history of the social medicine movement in Latin America, from the early twentieth century to the present day.\n\nWhile maintaining a consistent focus on health equity, social medicine has evolved with changing conditions.