7 Social Medicine and Its Decline

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. The First Steps, 1945–46 7
9. Who Was Brock Chisholm? 27
10. The Interim Commission, 1946–48: The Long Wait 48
11. The First World Health Assemblies: Into the Cold War 58
12. Money Matters 76
13. Politics Matter 91
14. Social Medicine and Its Decline 111
15. Tuberculosis: The Vaccine Controversy 124
16. The Penicillin Bullet: Syphilis and Yaws 140
17. Malaria and Famine 157
18. Nearly Torn Apart: The WHO and the Catholic Church 173
19. Only One Term 185
20. Retirement 196
21. Notes 206
22. Bibliography 237
23. Index 247