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The Doctor-Activist

Physicians Fighting for Social Change

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Physicians Fighting for Social Change an Overview

    • Ellen L. Bassuk, Jeffrey P. Koplan
    Pages 1-10
  3. A Life in Social Medicine

    • H. Jack Geiger
    Pages 11-27
  4. An Advocate in Asia

    • Judith Longstaff Mackay
    Pages 29-56
  5. Crossroads

    • Louis Fazen
    Pages 57-73
  6. A Voice for the Public’s Health

    • Donald P. Francis
    Pages 75-92
  7. Physician as Healer, Scientist, and Teacher

    • Yolanda Huet-Vaughn
    Pages 93-113
  8. Improving American Indian Health

    • Edith R. Welty, Thomas K. Welty
    Pages 139-169
  9. My Obligation to Others

    • Fernando Aurelio Sanchez Mendoza
    Pages 171-196
  10. Trying to Make a Difference

    • John E. Mack
    Pages 197-247
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 249-254

Editors and Affiliations

  • Better Homes Fund, Newton Center, USA

    Ellen L. Bassuk

  • Harvard Medical School, Newton Center, USA

    Ellen L. Bassuk

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Doctor-Activist

  • Book Subtitle: Physicians Fighting for Social Change

  • Editors: Ellen L. Bassuk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6032-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45267-3Published: 01 January 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6032-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 254

  • Topics: Social Work, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Psychology

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