Community Participation in Health : The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
ISBN-10
0521025702
ISBN-13
9780521025706
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 20th, 2006
Print length
196 Pages
Weight
304 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.40 cms
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Combining a rich local ethnography with an analysis of local and national politics and the politics of aid, Lynn Morgan shows how community participation in health-care in Costa Rica was wrecked by national and international political conflicts.
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.
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