Shortly after midnight in the mountainous town of La Soledad, home to an indigenous community in the poorest state of Chiapas, Mexico, a mother woke Dr. R. to see her 18-month-old son. The patient was well known to the clinic staff as one of many local children with chronic malnutrition. On this…
Misrecognition and Critical Consciousness — An 18-Month-Old Boy with Pneumonia and Chronic Malnutrition
Shortly after midnight in the mountainous town of La Soledad, home to an indigenous community in the poorest state of Chiapas, Mexico, a mother woke Dr. R. to see her 18-month-old son. The patient was well known to the clinic staff as one of many local children with chronic malnutrition. On this…