Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia (History of Medicine in Southeast Asia) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9813252561 ISBN 13: 9789813252561

Publisher: National University of Singapore Press, 2024

Synopsis

An overlooked history of Southeast Asia’s varied healthcare regimes during the Cold War.

For far too long, Southeast Asia has been treated as a static backdrop for the exploits and discoveries of Western biomedical doctors. Yet, Southeast Asians have been vital to the significant developments in the prevention and treatment of diseases that have taken place in the region and beyond. Many of the institutions and people that shaped subsequent responses to outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics first began their work in Southeast Asia during the Cold War. The diversity of approaches to health and medicine during that era also reminds us of the possibilities, and limits, of human intervention in the face of political, social, economic, and microbial realities. The people and places of Southeast Asia have provided clinical trials for different health regimes. Fighting for Health highlights new perspectives and methods that have evolved from research presented at regional conferences, including the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) series. These insights serve to challenge dominant models of the medical humanities.

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About the Authors

Michele Thompson is the author of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History. 

Kathryn Sweet is a social historian of Laos.

Michitake Aso is a global environmental historian.

Edition details

• Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9813252561
• ISBN 13: 9789813252561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Thompson C. Michele, Sweet Kathryn, Aso Michitake