Cuban health care : Utopian dreams, fragile future / Mary Helen Spooner and Steven Ullmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spooner, Mary Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Cuba.

Medical care.

Communism--Cuba.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 diseases, what does the future hold for Cuban health care?

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Medical Histories; Chapter Two: Infrastructure and Shortages; Chapter Three: Women and Children; Chapter Four: Aging and Youth: A Cuban Dilemma; Chapter Five: Cuban Medical Training; Chapter Six: Research and Pharmaceuticals: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention"; Chapter Seven: Medical Diplomacy, Medical Services; Conclusions: Facing the Future; Appendix 1: Cuban Doctors' Open Letter to Raul Castro, Which Began Circulating in September 2012; Appendix 2: A Cuban Medical Timeline; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-7604-8

OCLC:

890010802