Health and Health Care in Developing Countries: Sociological Perspectives

by Peter Conrad

In this seminal collection of articles on health care in the Third World, sociological perspectives are applied to medical issues in revealing ways. Fourteen essays (all but two of which are original to this volume) examine the social production of health, disease, and systems of care throughout the developing world. The volume covers a range of areas central Africa, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nepal, China, United Arab Emirates, Oman,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566390273
• ISBN13: 9781566390279
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 314 Pages