The right to live in health : medical politics in postindependence Havana / Daniel A. Rodríguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodríguez, Daniel A., 1976- author.

Series:

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuba. Secretaría de Sanidad y Beneficencia.

Right to health.

History.

Medical policy.

Public health.

Cuba.

Cuba. Secretaría de Sanidad y Beneficencia--History.

Public health--Cuba--History--20th century.

Medical policy--Cuba--History--20th century.

Right to health--Cuba--History--20th century.

Public Health--history.

Health Policy--history.

Health Services--history.

Right to Health--history.

Medical Subjects:

Cuba.

Public Health--history.

Health Policy--history.

Health Services--history.

Right to Health--history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Rodríguez describes how medicine and new public health projects infused republican Cuba's statecraft, powerfully shaping the lives of Havana's residents. He underscores how various stakeholders, including women and people of color, demanded robust government investment in quality medical care for all Cubans, a central national value that continues today. On a broader level, Rodríguez proposes that Latin America, at least as much as the United States and Europe, was an engine for the articulation of citizens' rights, including the right to health care, in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469659725

1469659727

9781469659732

1469659735

OCLC:

1140364979