Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The political symbolism of health
- 2 Banana medicine: the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica
- 3 The international imperative: foreign aid for health in Costa Rica
- 4 The primary health care movement and the political ideology of participation in health
- 5 Participation in Costa Rica: dissent within the state
- 6 La Chira: participation in a banana-growing community
- 7 The political economy of participation
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The political symbolism of health
- 2 Banana medicine: the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica
- 3 The international imperative: foreign aid for health in Costa Rica
- 4 The primary health care movement and the political ideology of participation in health
- 5 Participation in Costa Rica: dissent within the state
- 6 La Chira: participation in a banana-growing community
- 7 The political economy of participation
- References
- Index
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- Community Participation in HealthThe Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica, pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993