Stories in the Time of Cholera
Subtitle: Racial Profiling during a Medical Nightmare
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780520230316
Subjects: History of medicine; Public health & preventive medicine; Medical; History - General History; Venezuela; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Infectious Diseases; Latin America - South America; Social Science / Anthropology / General; General; Cholera; Epidemiology; Social aspects
First sentence: Photograph 1. The headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Public Assistance, in Caracas, is located in the building on the right, overlooking a plaza often occupied by street vendors.