Health and Health Care in Developing Countries: Sociological Perspectives.

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Introduction Peter Conrad and Eugene B. Gallagher Part I: the Social Production of Disease 1. The Social Epidemiology of AIDS in Africa: Migrant Labor and Sexually Transmitted Disease Charles W. Hunt 2. Women and Work in Rural Taiwan: Building a Contextual Model Linking Employment and Health Rita S. Gallin Part II: Seeking Medical Care 3. Urgency and Utilization of Emergency Medical Services in Urban Indonesia: A Report and Reflection Peter Conrad 4. Ethnicity, Health Behavior, and Modernization: The Case of Singapore Stella R. Quah Part III: Traditional and Medicines 5. The Contribution of Medicine in a Traditional System: The Case of Nepal Janardan Subedi and Sree Subedi 6. Traditional Medicine in Africa: Past, Present, and Future Collins O. Airhihenbuwa and Ira E. Harrison Part IV: Medicine in Developing Societies 7. Curricular Goals and Student Aspirations in a New Arab Medial College Eugene B. Gallagher 8. Family Care Work and Duty in a Modern Chinese Hospital Joseph W. Schneider 9. A Comparative Analysis of the Culture of Biomedicine: Disclosure and Consequences for Treatment in the Practice of Oncology Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Linda Hunt, Tsunetsugu Munakata, and Yasuki Kobayashi Part V: Sociopolitics of Health Care 10. Constraints on Successful Public Health Programs: A View from a Mexican Community Kenyon Rainier Stebbins 11. Implementing Health for All in Nigeria: Problems and Constraints S. Ogoh Alubo Part VI: Applying Social-Science Knowledge in Health Settings 12. Home and Hospital Birthing in Oman: An Observational Study with Recommendations for Hospital Practice Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Eugene B. Gallagher 13. Strategies for Connecting Social-Science Research to Actions for Better Health Sally E. Findley 14. Modernization and Medical Care Eugene B. Gallagher About the Contributors Index

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