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Author DiMoia, John Paul, 1966-

Title Reconstructing bodies [electronic resource] : biomedicine, health, and nation-building in South Korea since 1945 / John P. DiMoia.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 280 p. : ill., map.
Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Medicine -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Public health -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Medical policy -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804784115 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804786133 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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