Comrades in Health: U.S. Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine (Paperback))

by Michael Terry (Contributor), Bernard Lown (Contributor), Alicia Ely Yamin (Contributor), Michael Terry (Contributor), Alicia Ely Yamin (Contributor), Bernard Lown (Contributor), Mary Travis Bassett (Contributor), Anne-Emanuelle Birn (Editor), Wendy Johnson (Contributor), Brea Bondi-Boyd (Contributor), H. Jack Geiger (Contributor), Howard Waitzkin (Contributor), James Pfeiffer (Contributor), Jane Pacht Brickman (Contributor), Jennifer Kasper (Contributor), Lanny Smith (Contributor), Laura Turiano (Contributor), Paula Braveman (Contributor), Razel Remen (Contributor), Ruth Sidel (Contributor), Seiji Yamada (Contributor), Stephen Gloyd (Contributor), Susan Gross Solomon (Contributor), Theodore M. Brown (Contributor), Timothy Holtz (Contributor), Vicente Navarro (Foreword), Victor W. Sidel (Contributor), Walter J. Lear (Contributor)

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  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.