HLTC05H3 Chapter Notes -Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Shortness Of Breath, Liberation Theology
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Literacy of suffering always embedded in the context of medicine/policy. 1991, international health devised a human suffering index examining several measures of human welfare ranging from life expectancy to political freedom. In haiti, life expectancy is less than 50 years. because as many as 2 of 10 infants die before their first birthday. Eg: tb and aids are the leading causes of death among adults and children. Eg: diarrheal disease, measles, and tetanus ravage the undernourished. Wages on coffee plantations is sh. 07 to sh. 15 a day. Kay, a community consisting of peasant farmers displaced by the construction of haiti"s largest dam. However after the construction of the dam the people were always flooded and were left with no electricity and water. In 1983, farmer, 2005 worked in central plateau. Acephie joseph, had sexual affairs with a middle class, middle-aged man. got pregnant and later diagnosed with aids. was stigmatized and left in deep poverty and died.
