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Cuban health care : utopian dreams, fragile future /

Cuba's health care system has been the subject of much attention and debate while revealing jarring contrasts: hospitals lack supplies while Cuba's overseas medical missions generate good will towards the Castro government. As officials make cutbacks amid reported outbreaks of infectious d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Spooner, Mary Helen (Autor), Ullman, Steven, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medical histories
  • Shortages and infrastructure
  • Women and children
  • Ageing and youth : a Cuban dilemma
  • Medical education
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Medical diplomacy and services abroad
  • Conclusions : facing the future
  • Appendix 1. Open letter from the General Surgery Department of the Calixto Garcia Hospital to the first secretary of the Cuban Communist party and president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz
  • Appendix 2. A Cuban medical timeline.