Catherine Mas
Culture in the Clinic: Miami & the Making of Modern Medicine
Culture in the Clinic: Miami & the Making of Modern Medicine
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The 1959 Cuban Revolution led to an influx of Cuban refugees to Miami, overwhelming the city's health-care system. Alternative, often unlicensed health practitioners were sought after, leading to a diverse medical scene. By the 1990s, the medical establishment in Miami had matured into a complex and culturally informed health-delivery system, generating models of care that traveled far beyond the city. Catherine Mas shows how immigrants reshaped American medicine, and the clinic became a crucial site for navigating questions of wellness, citizenship, and culture.
Format: Hardback
Length: 318 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2022
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, a significant influx of Cuban refugees arrived in Miami, overwhelming the city's healthcare system. Not only did the growing population of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants strain the system, but they also sought care from alternative, often unlicensed health practitioners due to mainstream medicine's inability to meet their unique needs.
During the 1960s, Cuban immigrants seeking medical assistance had several options. They could visit a local "clinica," a quasi-legal storefront doctor's office, or a "santero," a priest in the Afro-Cuban religion of Lukumi or Santeria. This diverse medical scene attracted the attention of anthropologists who used Miami's multiethnic population as a laboratory for cross-cultural care.
By the 1990s, Miami's medical establishment had matured into a complex and culturally informed health-delivery system. Some clinics had transformed into lucrative HMOs, Santeria became legally protected by the courts, and medical anthropology played a significant role in the rise of global health. Catherine Mas explores how immigrants reshaped American medicine, particularly through the clinic, as a crucial site for navigating questions of wellness, citizenship, and culture.
Weight: 363g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781469670973
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