Steven Ullmann, Mary Helen Spooner

Cuban Health Care

Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future

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Produktbeschreibung

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?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780739176030
• ISBN-10: 073917603X
• Artikelnr.: 41050904

Autorenporträt

Steven Ullman is director of the Center for Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy at the University of Miami. Mary Helen Spooner is a journalist who has covered Latin American topics since 1977 and has also reported on health care issues for the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Medical Histories Chapter 2.
Shortages and Infrastructure Chapter 3. Women and Children Chapter 4.
Ageing and Youth: A Cuban Dilemma Chapter 5. Medical Education Chapter 6.
Pharmaceuticals Chapter 7. Medical Diplomacy and Services Abroad Chapter 8.
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 Bibliography About the authors Index