Reconstructing bodies biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945

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Reconstructing bodies biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945

Title:

Reconstructing bodies biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945

Author:

DiMoia, John Paul, 1966-

Personal Author:

DiMoia, John Paul, 1966-

Publication Information:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Physical Description:

x, 280 p. : ill., map.

Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

Contents:

Medicine and its fragments, 1945-1948 -- Mobilizing new models of public health and medicine, 1945-1948 -- From Minneapolis to Seoul : transforming surgery, clinical practice, and professional identity at Seoul National University Hospital, 1954-1968 -- Family planning and nation-building in South Korea (1961-mid-1970s) -- Taking samples for the nation : historicizing the biological sample in the South Korean anti-parasite campaigns, (1969-1995) -- Reconstructing the face : Asian blepharoplasty, professional expertise, and the development of a plastic surgery market (1954-present) -- Conclusion : challenging developmental expectations.

Subject Term:

Medicine -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.

Public health -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.

Medical policy -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Added Corporate Author:

ProQuest (Firm)

Electronic Access:

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