Dr. Steven Palmer is Canada Research Chair in the History of International Health at the University of Windsor and author of From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800-1940.
"Steven Palmer's Launching Global Health: The Caribbean Odyssey of
the Rockefeller Foundation is a very welcome addition to the
fascinating body of literature on the international health work of
the Rockefeller Foundation."
--Margaret Jones, Oxford University, Medical History Review--
"Medical History" (7/29/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"This remarkable and superbly written book should have an impact on
historians and anthropologists analyzing the role play by
international agencies in the organization of medicine and public
health in developing countries."
--Marcos Cueto, Hispanic American Historical Review, Instituto de
Estudios Peruanos--Marcos Cueto "Hispanic American Historical
Review" (8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"With a clear and engaging narrative that delves into complex and
debatable issues and, at the same time, tells very entertaining
stories, this book is a wonderful addition to the historiography of
international health."
---Diego Armus, Swarthmore College
"This remarkable and superbly written book should have an impact on
historians and anthropologists analyzing the role play by
international agencies in the organization of medicine and public
health in developing countries."
-- Marcos Cueto, Hispanic American Historical Review, Instituto de
Estudios Peruanos
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