Table of contents: Vol. 2 Nº 2 – December 2010

Editorial

Articles

Navigating the Perfect Storm: Confronting the Epidemic of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
Terry D. Bilhartz & Patty A. Bilhartz
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Planificar, gestionar, investigar. Debates y conflictos en la creación del CONACYT y la SECONACYT (1966-1969)
[Planning, managing, researching: Debates and conflicts in the creation of the CONACYT and the SECONACYT (1966-1969)]
Adriana Feld
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Influencia de las normas en las interacciones sociales entre visitas y personal en el Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Dr. Lucio Córdova
[Influence of the norms in social interactions between visitors and medical staff in Lucio Córdova's Hospital for Contagious Diseases]
Catalina Gutiérrez Ricci, Daniela Maulén Leiva, Daniela Pozo Fernández, Camila Vega Pérez
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Medicina y Salud Pública: su difusión a través de la Gaceta de Guatemala (1797-1804)
[Medicine and Public Health: its diffusion through the Gazette of Guatemala (1797-1804)]
José Santos Hernández Pérez
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Reflexiones éticas acerca de las prácticas realizadas en el ámbito de atención a la salud
[Ethical reflections on the practices carried out in the healthcare context]
Susana La Rocca y María Marta Mainetti
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Individuos, sustancias e intervenciones en las campañas públicas de la SEDRONAR
[Individuals, substances and interventions in public campaigns of SEDRONAR]
Luciano Levin
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La figura de Dios como estrategia legitimadora de las prácticas terapéuticas de los curanderos
[God's figure as a legitimating strategy of quack's therapeutic practices]
Denisse Oliszewski
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Radiation, a Tumor and the ANT: An Actor-Network-Theory Approach to a Medical Spin-off Creation
Hugo Pinto
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¿Génesis de un problema sanitario? Representaciones de la biomedicina en torno a la obesidad en Viva Cien Años 1934-1945
[Origins of a health emergency? Social representations of biomedicine concerning obesity in the Viva Cien Años journal between 1934-1945]
Pablo Schencman
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This consumer good could save your life: The defibrillator at home
Stephen Timmons, Russell Harrison-Paul, Brian Crosbie
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Household Environment and Maternal Health Among Rural Women of Northern Cross River State, Nigeria
David B. Ugal
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Ideas y prácticas en torno a la Salud Sexual y Reproductiva en jóvenes migrantes paraguayas que se trasladan a la Argentina
[Ideas and practices regarding sexual and reproductive health among migrant Paraguayan youth that moves to Argentina]
Lucía Wang
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Sistematización de una experiencia exitosa de uso social de las TIC aplicadas a la prevención del VIH/SIDA
[Systematization of a successful experience of social use of ICT applied to HIV/AIDS prevention]
Lucía Wang, Cecilia Valeriano, Betiana Cáceres, Lucas Villalba, Mariana Vázquez, Marina Rojo
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Book reviews

Balzac, Gogol, Blok through the eyes of the physician
Лихтенштейн, Исанна (2009) Этюды о литературе. Глазами врача ([Liechtenstein, I. (2009). Literary Etudes through the Doctor's Eyes, in Russian)]. Haifa: JK Design.
By Iurii Vilenskii. Translation from Russian to English: Larisa Fialkova.
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Olaya, L. O. (Ed.). (2010) Alimentos y comidas en el NOA, un enfoque antropológico. Tucumán: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
By Abel Luis Agüero
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