You are invited to a book launch:
Comrades in Health: US Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home edited by Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Theodore M. Brown
http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/product/Comrades-in-Health,4808.aspx
Friday October 4, 4-5:45pm
Croft Chapter House, University College
15 Kings College Circle, University of Toronto
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co-sponsored by:
Comparative Program on Health and Society
Latin American Studies
Centre for the Study of the United States
Development Seminar
Global Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Centre for Critical Development Studies, UTSC
Description
Since the early twentieth century, politically engaged and socially committed U.S. health professionals have worked in solidarity with progressive movements around the world. Often with roots in social medicine, political activism, and international socialism, these doctors, nurses, and other health workers became comrades who joined forces with people struggling for social justice, equity, and the right to health.
Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Theodore M. Brown bring together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections, this collection of essays aims to draw attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home. The involvement of these progressive U.S. health professionals is presented against the background of foreign and domestic policy, social movements, and global politics.
Praise for the Book
"Everybody who cares about health and social justice, internationally and in the U.S., should read this book!" Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! and 2008 winner Right Livelihood Award
"This wonderful book offers a deeply reflective look at the motivations, ideology, and outcomes of this critical work, telling the stories of true heroes and heroines of American medicine and public health. It is must reading for anyone contemplating international health activism today." Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, cofounders,Physicians for a National Health Program
"Comrades in Health is a pioneering effort, a major addition to the study of global public health, and a new perspective on U.S. domestic health policy." Gerald M. Oppenheimer, coauthor of Shattered Dreams? An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic