The return of epidemics : health and society in Peru during the twentieth century / Marcos Cueto.
Pubblicazione:
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2001.
Descrizione fisica:
X, 176 p. ; 24 cm
Serie:
The history of medicine in context
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowlegements. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. The stigma of bubonic plague in early twentieth-century Peru 2. Sanitation from above: the Rockefeller foundation and yellow fever 3. Public health and the community: epidemic typhus and smallpox in the Andes 4. The recurring burden of malaria 5. Blaming the victms: the 1991 cholera outbreak 6. Conclusions and epilogue. Bibliography. Index
ISBN:
0754603148
Discipline:
Patologia e Malattie--Ospedali e assistenza sociale e sanitaria.
