How Long to Read From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism

How Long Does it Take to Read From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism by Steven Palmer

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism presents the history of medical practice in Costa Rica from the late colonial era—when none of the fifty thousand inhabitants had access to a titled physician, pharmacist, or midwife—to the 1940s, when the figure of the qualified medical doctor was part of everyday life for many of Costa Rica’s nearly one million citizens. It is the first book to chronicle the history of all healers, both professional and popular, in a Latin American country during the national period. Steven Palmer breaks with the view of popular and professional medicine as polar opposites—where popular medicine is seen as representative of the authentic local community and as synonymous with oral tradition and religious and magical beliefs and professional medicine as advancing neocolonial interests through the work of secular, trained academicians. Arguing that there was significant and formative overlap between these two forms of medicine, Palmer shows that the relationship between practitioners of each was marked by coexistence, complementarity, and dialogue as often as it was by rivalry. Palmer explains that while the professionalization of medical practice was intricately connected to the nation-building process, the Costa Rican state never consistently displayed an interest in suppressing the practice of popular medicine. In fact, it persistently found both tacit and explicit ways to allow untitled healers to practice. Using empirical and archival research to bring people (such as the famous healer or curandero Professor Carlos Carbell), events, and institutions (including the Rockefeller Foundation) to life, From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism demonstrates that it was through everyday acts of negotiation among agents of the state, medical professionals, and popular practitioners that the contours of Costa Rica’s modern, heterogeneous health care system were established.

How long is From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism?

From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism by Steven Palmer is 346 pages long, and a total of 88,576 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism aloud.

What Reading Level is From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism?

From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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