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Author Kirk, John M., 1951- author.

Title Healthcare without borders : understanding Cuban medical internationalism / John M. Kirk
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Contemporary Cuba
Contemporary Cuba.
Contents Introduction: setting the scene -- Origins and evolution: from "beggar's helper" to a "white-jacketed army" -- Elam, a school for all nations -- Dealing with the "handicapped" of ALBA: setting the balance right -- Operación milagro: bringing vision to millions -- Cuba's international disaster responses: from 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- South-South cooperation in biotechnology: medicine for the masses -- The Cuba-Venezuela medical partnership: the Castro-Chávez dream lives on -- Cuba's role in Haiti: hurricanes, an earthquake, and cholera -- Cuba's medical internationalism in the South Pacific -- The children of Chernobyl: 25,000 treated -- Cuba's medical internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: no longer the world's best-kept secret
Summary Over the course of the last five decades, Cuba has been a leading force in the developing world via medical internationalism, providing humanitarian aid and initiating programs for preventative care and medical training. In this book, John Kirk argues that Cuba's medical internationalism is one of its best-kept secrets, and he explores the philosophical underpinning about access to medical care at the core of Cuba's medical internationalism programs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 17, 2015)
Subject Medical assistance, Cuban.
Medical policy -- Cuba
Medical care -- Cuba -- Methods
Public health -- Cuba
International cooperation.
Medical care.
Public health.
International Cooperation
Delivery of Health Care
Public Health
Patient Care
public health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
International cooperation
Medical assistance, Cuban
Medical care
Medical policy
Public health
SUBJECT Cuba
Subject Cuba
Genre/Form Methods (Music)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813055473
0813055474
9780813051338
0813051339