{"product_id":"the-care-of-foreigners-how-immigrant-physicians-changed-us-healthcare-paperback-1","title":"The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed Us Healthcare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEram Alam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy did South Asian physicians become essential to US health care starting in 1965?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option of soliciting immigrant physicians trained at the expense of other countries. In \u003ci\u003eThe Care of Foreigners\u003c\/i\u003e, Eram Alam examines this migratory dynamic that began during the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe passage of the Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 expedited the entry of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from postcolonial South Asia and sent them to provide care in shortage areas throughout the United States. Although this arrangement was conceived as temporary, over the decades it has become a permanent fixture of the medical system, with FMGs comprising at least a quarter of the physician labor force since the act became law. This cohort of practitioners has not been extensively studied, rendering the impacts of immigration and foreign policy on the everyday mechanics of US health care obscure. Alam foregrounds global dynamics embedded in the medical system to ask how and why Asian physicians--and especially practitioners from South Asia--have become integral to US medical practice and ubiquitous in the US public imaginary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on transcripts of congressional hearings; medical, scientific, and social scientific literature; ethnographies; oral histories; and popular media, Alam explores the enduring consequences of postcolonial physician migration. Combining theoretical and methodological insights from a range of disciplines, this book analyzes both the care provided by immigrant physicians as well as the care extended to them as foreigners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEram Alam \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708624597299,"sku":"9781421452784","price":118.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/B_YN28BAj_9781421452784_b2b6175b-9671-4ad7-9aef-7302e5414f3a.webp?v=1763438336","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-care-of-foreigners-how-immigrant-physicians-changed-us-healthcare-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}