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Author Spooner, Mary Helen, author.

Title Cuban health care : utopian dreams, fragile future / Mary Helen Spooner and Steven Ullmann.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCOEBC    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 141 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
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?
Subject Medical care -- Cuba.
Communism -- Cuba.
Delivery of Health Care -- Cuba.
Communism -- Cuba.
Health Policy -- Cuba.
National Health Programs -- Cuba.
Quality of Health Care -- Cuba.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Communism. (OCoLC)fst00870421
Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01013753
Cuba. (OCoLC)fst01205805
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ullman, Steven, 1953- author.
Other Form: Print version: Spooner, Mary Helen, author. Cuban health care 9780739176030 (DLC) 2014022604 (OCoLC)881208661
ISBN 9780739176047 (electronic bk.)
0739176048 (electronic bk.)
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