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Health Care in Colombia, c, 192o-c.l95o: A Preliminary Analysis. By CHRISTOPHER ABEL. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1994. Notes. 96 pp. Paper. $14.00.
This work provides a fine panorama of the epidemiological profile and public health organizations in Colombia during the first decades of the twentieth century. It includes a brief presentation on the evolution of medicine from the late colonial period, the dimensions and distribution of medical treatment, and the health campaigns organized by international agencies such as the Rockefeller Foundation. The emphasis is on the interaction between medicine and epidemic disease in the social and political...