TY - BOOK AU - Birn,Anne-Emanuelle AU - Brown,Theodore M. TI - Comrades in health: U.S. health internationalists, abroad and at home T2 - Critical issues in health and medicine SN - 9780813561226 AV - RA441 .C667 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - World health KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Global Health KW - trends KW - International Cooperation KW - history KW - History, 21st Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - United States KW - World Health KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Making of Health Internationalists; The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm; American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936-1938; Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in the United States; Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers; Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond; Medical Internationalism and the "Last Epidemic"; Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad; Find the Best People and Support Them; Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique; From Harlem to HarareBrigadistas and Revolutionaries; Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond; History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health; Doctors for Global Health; Doctors Across Blockades; Across the Generations; Notes on Contributors; Index; 2; b N2 - This collection brings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections, these essays aim to draw attention to the longstanding international activities of the health left and the lessons they brought home. The involvement of these progressive U.S. health professionals is presented against the background of foreign and domestic policy, social movements, and global politics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=645326&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -