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On preserving health / Sobre conservar la salud
Many of the prevailing myths and truths about health of our time originate in one medieval source: the School of Salernum (Scuola Medica Salernitana). Founded in the 9th century, the School of Salernum was the first school of its kind during the medieval period. There is speculation about the reason for its foundation, which persists […]
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Health tourism (video)
The following audiovisual collage about health tourism was made in Tijuana. It was a collaboration between myself and Omar Pimienta, a visual artist and poet. We want to thank to those involved (voluntarily and involuntarily) in the making of this video. El siguiente es un collage audiovisual, a propósito del turismo de salud. El […]
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Health tourism* / Turismo de salud
In her book, Illness as metaphor and AIDS and Its metaphors, Susan Sontag, begins by stating: Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, […]