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This ethnographic study of a low-income neighborhood in the northeastern state of Ceará analyzes the complicated and compromised realities of Brazil’s universal health care system, pointing the way toward more successful planning of future reforms.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright page
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 16-29
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  1. 1. Pirambu: Historical and Contemporary Accounts of Citizenship in a Favela
  2. pp. 30-56
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  1. 2. A History of Welfare and the Poor in Ceará
  2. pp. 57-74
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  1. 3. Democratizing Health Care: Health Councils in Pirambu
  2. pp. 75-95
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  1. 4. Prescribing Knowledge: Farmácia Viva and the Rationalization of Traditional Medicine
  2. pp. 96-122
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  1. 5. Favors, Rights, and the Management of Illness
  2. pp. 123-142
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  1. 6. Public and Private Medical Care for a New Generation in Pirambu
  2. pp. 143-163
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  1. Conclusion: A Politics of Health
  2. pp. 164-171
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 172-179
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  1. References
  2. pp. 180-187
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 188-192
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