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Author Huish, Robert, 1978- author

Title Where no doctor has gone before : Cuba's place in the global health landscape / Robert Huish
Published Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages)
Contents Against the garden path that justifies health inequality : making the case for health care as a human right -- Sowing the seeds of health as a right : the origins of health care in Cuba -- Growing alternatives through foreign policy : foreign policy and perspectives on international health -- The new doctor blooms : the ethics of medical education -- The blossom of cooperation : Cuban medical internationalism through ELAM in Ecuador -- The fruit of solidarity : how to maintain hope for global health
Summary This book looks at the dynamics of Cuban medical internationalism to understand the impact of Cuba's programs within the global health landscape. Topics addressed include the growing moral divide in equitable access to health care services, with a focus on medical tourism and Cuba's alternative approach to this trend
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Medical care -- Cuba
Medical education -- Cuba
Medical care -- Cuba -- International cooperation
Medical care.
Medical education.
World health.
International cooperation.
Delivery of Health Care
Education, Medical
Global Health
International Cooperation
Public Health Practice
Quality of Health Care
Patient Care
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
World health
International cooperation
Medical care
Medical care -- International cooperation
Medical education
SUBJECT Cuba
Subject Cuba
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781554588602
155458860X