| Community Participation in Health: The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica Contributor(s): Morgan, Lynn Marie (Author), Harwood, Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521418984 ISBN-13: 9780521418980 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1993 Annotation: A guiding principle of international primary health care since the 1970s is contained in the slogan, ?community participation in health?. In practice, however, national and local political considerations are often decisive in the implementation of health policies. Dr Morgan shows how ?community participation? was sacrificed to competing political priorities even in Costa Rica, a country known for its dedication to health care. Focusing on a banana-growing community, she documents and analyses the process by which local health policy is politicized. Her sophisticated case study sets a detailed rural ethnography in both a national and international context. This book will be of great interest to medical anthropologists, planners, and anyone concerned with international health and development policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - History | Latin America - Central America - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| LCCN: 92009575 |
| Series: Studies in Monetary and Financial History |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.38" W x 9.24" (1.06 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A guiding principle of international primary health care since the 1970s is contained in the slogan, 'community participation in health'. In practice, however, national and local political considerations are often decisive in the implementation of health policies. Dr Morgan shows how 'community participation' was sacrificed to competing political priorities even in Costa Rica, a country known for its dedication to health care. Focusing on a banana-growing community, she documents and analyses the process by which local health policy is politicized. Her sophisticated case study sets a detailed rural ethnography in both a national and international context. This book will be of great interest to medical anthropologists, planners, and anyone concerned with international health and development policy. |