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Author Spooner, Mary Helen, author

Title Cuban health care : utopian dreams, fragile future / Mary Helen Spooner and Steven Ullmann
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 141 pages)
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
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?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
Patient Care
communism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
National health insurance
Medical policy
Health insurance
Communism
Medical care
SUBJECT Cuba https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003462
Subject Cuba
Form Electronic book
Author Ullman, Steven, 1953- author.
LC no. 2021675737
ISBN 9780739176047
0739176048
9780739176047