Achieving access : professional movements and the politics of health universalism /
At a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that...
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2017
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| Series: | Culture and politics of health care work
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Table of Contents:
- Democratization, elites, and the expansion of access to healthcare and medicine
- Thailand : chasing the dream of free medical care for the sick
- Brazil : against all odds
- South Africa : embracing national health insurance in name only
- Thailand : from village safety to universal access
- Brazil : constituting rights, setting precedents, challenging norms
- South Africa : contesting the luxury of AIDS dissidence