Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico

Abstract As doctors sought state support to regulate professional training and practice after Independence, Mexicans also developed different attitudes toward foreign ideas, influences, and professionals. Leveraging the allure of the foreign among Mexicans, homeopaths strategically used work, produc...

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Main Author: Jethro Hernández Berrones
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Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz 2019-11-01
Series:História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
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Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
homeopathy
medical profession
nationalism
Mexico
foreign
title Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico
title_full Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico
title_fullStr Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico
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title_short Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico
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medical profession
nationalism
Mexico
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