...Erik Martinez Kuhonta Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism . By Joseph Harris . Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press , 2017 . xiv, 268 pp. ISBN: 9781501709968 (cloth). Democratizing Health Care: Welfare State Building in Korea and Thailand . By Illan...

...Vivian Lin Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labor, and International Health Crises . Edited by Anoma Van Der Veere , Florian Schneider , and Catherine Lo . Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press . 2022 . 272 pp. ISBN...

...P. K. B. Nayar Health Status of Kerala: Paradox of Economic Backwardness and Health Development . By P. G. K. Panikar and C. R. Soman . Trivandrum : Centre for Development Studies , 1984 . 159 pp. $12.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 910...

...Edward H. Hume China's health problems . By Szeming Sze . Washington : Chinese Medical Association , P. O. Box 6096, 1943 . 60 pp. $1.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1945 1945 BOOK REVIEWS 77 to read. For the historian there is valuable source material...

...Nancy J. Smith-Hefner Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia: Sexual Politics, Health, Diversity, and Representations . Edited by Linda Rae Bennett and Sharyn Graham Davies . New York : Routledge , 2015 . xviii, 328 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019...

... of both masculinity and patriotism. The second section, “Women Producing and Consuming Health Knowledge,” consists of two excellent chapters that take very different approaches to understanding the role of women in the Asian medical marketplace. Susan Burns examines patent medicine advertisements...

...Nancy J. Smith-Hefner Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia: Sexual Politics, Health, Diversity and Representations . Edited by Linda Rae Bennett and Sharyn Graham Davies . London : Routledge , 2015 . xviii, 328 pp. ISBN: 9780415731287 (cloth, also available in paper and as e...

... , mimeo. Bibliog., Tables. An Analysis of the Social Effects of Donated Radios on Barrio Life . By Richard Coller . Quezon City : Community Development Research Council, University of the Philippines , Study Series No. 11, 1961 . xi, 94 , mimeo. Bibliog. A Study of Health, Hygienic...

...Gregory J. Kasza War and Health Insurance Policy in Japan and the United States: World War II to Postwar Reconstruction . By Takakazu Yamagishi . Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press , 2011 . xvi, 189 pp. $60.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

... in Southeast Asia: Social Security, Health, and Education Policies. By M. RAMESH with M U K U L ASHER. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xii, 217 pp. $21.95 (paper). In the aftermath of the financial crisis that hit Southeast and East Asia in late summer, 1997, there was suddenly much talk in the media about...

...Mary Augusta Brazelton Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at China's Pandemic Epicenter . By Lyle Fearnley . Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press , 2020 . viii, 280 pp. ISBN: 9781478011057 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022...

...Nayoung Aimee Kwon It's Madness: The Politics of Mental Health in Colonial Korea . By Theodore Jun Yoo . Oakland : University of California Press , 2016 . 248 pp. ISBN: 9780520289307 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2017  2017...

...Ka-che Yip Chinese Medical Modernization: Comparative Policy Continuities, 1930s–1980s . By AnElissa Lucas . New York : Praeger , 1982 . xiii, 189 pp. Selected Bibliography, Index. $24.95. The Health of China: Current Conflicts in Medical and Human Services for One Billion People...

... Dietary Practices: Examining Ways to Health and Longevity . By Shawn Arthur . Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books , 2013 . ix, 276 pp. ISBN: 9780739178928 (cloth; also available in paper and as e-book). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2016  2016 In this study...

...John D. Mitchell Body and Mind in Harmony. T'ai Chi Ch'uan—An Ancient Chinese Way of Exercise to Achieve Health and Tranquility . By Sophia Delza . New York : David McKay , 1961 . vii, 184 . Appendix, Illustrations. $3.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962...

...Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Health, Illness, and Medical Care in Japan: Cultural and Social Dimensions . Edited by Edward Norbeck and Margaret Lock . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1987 . xii, 202 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 894...

...Susan Orpett Long Health and Illness in Changing Japanese Society . By Kyoichi Sonoda . Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press , 1988 . x , 170 pp. $39.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 629 Health and Illness in Changing Japanese...

...Diego Fossati Coalitions of the Well-Being: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries . By Joel Sawat Selway . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2015 . xiii, 292 pp. ISBN: 9781107501225 (paper, also available in cloth and as e...

...Mary Augusta Brazelton Abstract Public health in China has become a global concern as a consequence of the outbreak and worldwide spread of COVID-19. This article examines the historical place of China in international and global health. Contrary to prevalent narratives in the history of medicine...

...Barbara Diane Miller Abstract Several studies of health and population dynamics in India are reviewed. The perspectives of the various authors include anthropology, public health, demography, and economics. The review focuses on how the studies contribute to the understanding of two areas...