Low income, social growth, and good health: a history of twelve countries
Life expectancy and income among the first countries to begin health transitions -- Which countries should be studied? -- A colonizer and the country colonized : Japan and Korea -- Very low income is not a barrier : Sri Lanka -- Two neighbors : Panama and Costa Rica -- Capitalism and communism, dict...
| Sumario: | Life expectancy and income among the first countries to begin health transitions -- Which countries should be studied? -- A colonizer and the country colonized : Japan and Korea -- Very low income is not a barrier : Sri Lanka -- Two neighbors : Panama and Costa Rica -- Capitalism and communism, dictatorship and democracy : Cuba and Jamaica -- The Soviet and Chinese models of social development -- Oil-rich lands -- The Latin American case : income inequality and health in Mexico -- Limiting mortality from fecal disease, malaria, and tuberculosis |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | XVI, 229 S., graph.Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0-520-25286-1 978-0-520-25286-8 |
