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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DiMoia, John Paul, 1966-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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Table of 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.