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Sickness and Wealth | Table of Contents

Preface Diagnosing Global Injustice by Joia Mukherjee
Introduction Globalization and Health by Meredith Fort

SECTION ONE: Brief history of health and development strategies
1 The Lethal Divide: How Economic Inequality Affects Health by Stephen Bezruchka and Mary Anne Mercer
2 The Legacy of Colonial Medicine by Oscar Gish
3 The Primary Health Care Movement Meets the Free Market by Evelyne Hong
4 Sapping the Poor: The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs by Steve Gloyd

SECTION TWO: Expansion of the neoliberal model
5 The Failures of Neoliberalism: Health Sector Reform in Guatemala by Juan Carlos Verdugo
6 HMO’S Abroad: Managed Care in Latin America by Celia Iriart, Howard Waitzkin, and Emerson Merhy
7 Trade and Health Care: Corporatizing Vital Human Services by Ellen Shaffer and Joseph Brenner
8 Militarism and the Social Production of Disease by Seiji Yamada

SECTION THREE: How economic globalization policies affect health
9 Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva
10 The Political Roots of South Africa's Epidemic by Patrick Bond
11 The Reglobalization of Malaria by Timothy Holtz and S. Patrick Kachur
12 The Battle Against Global AIDS by Paul Davis and Meredith Fort

SECTION FOUR: Mobilizing for health
13 The Struggles for People's Health by Alejandro Cerón, Abhijit Das, and Meredith Fort

Conclusion Shall We Leave It to the Experts? by Mary Anne Mercerbr
Glossary Terms and Organizations
Resource Guide

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