Description: Culture in the Clinic : Miami and the Making of Modern Medicine, Hardcover by Mas, Catherine, ISBN 1469670976, ISBN-13 9781469670973, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees came to Miami. With this influx, the city's health-care system was overwhelmed not just by the number of patients but also by the differences in culture. Mainstream medicine was often inaccessible or inadequate to Miami's growing community of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants. Instead, many sought care from alternative, often unlicensed health practitioners. During the 1960s, a recently arrived Cuban feeling ill might have visited a local clâinica, a quasi-legal storefront doctor's office, or a santero, a priest in the Afro-Cuban religion of Lukumâi or Santerâia. Catherine Mas shows how immigrants reshaped American medicine while the clinic became a crucial site for navigating questions of wellness, citizenship, and culture"--
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Book Title: Culture in the Clinic : Miami and the Making of Modern Medicine
Number of Pages: 318 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Culture in the Clinic : Miami & the Making of Modern Medicine
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Public Health, Health Policy, Disease & Health Issues
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Medical
Author: Catherine Mas
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Studies in Social Medicine Ser.
Format: Hardcover
