Cuban health care : utopian dreams, fragile future /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Spooner, Mary Helen (Author), Ullman, Steven, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Medical care > Cuba.
Communism > Cuba.
Medical care.
Communism.
Medical policy.
National health insurance.
Health insurance.
Delivery of Health Care
Communism
Health Policy
National Health Programs
Quality of Health Care
Insurance, Health
Prestation de soins.
Communisme.
Politique sanitaire.
Assurance-maladie.
communism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Cuba
Cuba.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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