A right to health : medicine, marginality, and health care reform in northeastern Brazil / [electronic resource]
by Jessica Scott Jerome.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (192 pages).
- Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book 37 .
- Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 37. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pirambu : historical and contemporary accounts of citizenship in a favela -- A history of welfare and the poor in Ceará -- Democratizing health care : health councils in Pirambu -- Prescribing knowledge : farmácia viva and the rationalization of traditional medicine -- Favors, rights, and the management of illness -- Public and private medical care for a new generation in Pirambu -- Conclusion : a politics of health.