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Offering the perspective of an economist, Stillwaggon gives new meaning to the phrase "diseases of the poor." Any standard reference or text on health economics considers the special circumstances of the poor in the context of developing economies in which substandard housing, lack of access to health care services and facilities, poor nutrition, hazardous environmental conditions, failure of the regulatory role of government, inadequate or unsafe water supply, poor sanitation, and badly developed infrastructure become the rule. The author extends this standard reference to current conditions in Argentina with rich detail. She cites examples of the effects of these conditions on the poor, including declines in work performance and productivity, and the creation of cycles of diseases in future generations of children that retard physical and mental development. This study will interest students and scholars in anthropology, economics, sociology, political economy, and interdisciplinary studies in health, poverty, public planning, and development. This is an excellent institutional review and description of conditions that are bound to retard development in Argentina and other developing areas. There is attention to economic causes and solutions; however, this is not a treatise on theory. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. -- F. W. Musgrave, Ithaca College. Reviewed in September 1998 CHOICE
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Children born in 1981 entered the work force in the 1990s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intrahospital infection, mueren diariamente, neonatology ward, obras sociales, nonpoor women, postneonatal deaths, unsatisfied basic needs, sanitary infrastructure, housing deficit, villas miseria, sector salud, endemic zone, federal capital, divided economy, nineteen counties, postneonatal mortality, vaccination coverage, medical infrastructure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Buenos Aires, United States, World Bank, Santiago del Estero, Third World, Latin America, San Juan, World Health Organization, General Roca, Costa Rica, Diego Paroissien Hospital, Ciudad Oculta, Florencio Varela, Lucia Saracco, First World, San Justo, Alberto Schwarcz, Isabel Kurlat, New York, Rio Negro, South America, Santa Cruz, The Debilitated, Tierra del Fuego, Health Center Number New!
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Children born in 1981 entered the work force in the 1990s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intrahospital infection, mueren diariamente, neonatology ward, obras sociales, nonpoor women, postneonatal deaths, unsatisfied basic needs, sanitary infrastructure, housing deficit, villas miseria, sector salud, endemic zone, federal capital, divided economy, nineteen counties, postneonatal mortality, vaccination coverage, medical infrastructure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Buenos Aires, United States, World Bank, Santiago del Estero, Third World, Latin America, San Juan, World Health Organization, General Roca, Costa Rica, Diego Paroissien Hospital, Ciudad Oculta, Florencio Varela, Lucia Saracco, First World, San Justo, Alberto Schwarcz, Isabel Kurlat, New York, Rio Negro, South America, Santa Cruz, The Debilitated, Tierra del Fuego, Health Center Number New!
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- Inter-American Investigation of Mortality in Childhood (Scientific publication - Pan American Health Organization) by Mary Burke on 4 pages
- Chagas' Disease Vectors, Vol 3: Biochemical Aspects & Control by Rodolfo R. Brenner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Health Of Women: A Global Perspective by Marge Koblinsky in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Developing Economies in Transition (World Bank Discussion Paper) by Desmond McCarthy in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- State of the World 1986: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society by Lester R. Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America by Patricia Fern¿ndez-Kelly on page 192
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