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Venezuela S Health Care Revolution
Chris Walker
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Description for Venezuela S Health Care Revolution
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
Established under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Mision Barrio Adentro (MBA) Venezuela s adaptation of the Cuban social medical model utilizes a free, universal health care system to serve and educate rural, poor and marginalized populations and to broaden the very praxis and ideology of what health means in a true Latin American social medicine approach. MBA moves beyond conventional medicine to form a true community-oriented primary care system Through qualitative research with personnel from both sides of the political spectrum in Venezuela, Venezuela s Health Care Revolution offers a unique analysis of MBA s ability to empower marginalized populations ... Read more
Established under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Mision Barrio Adentro (MBA) Venezuela s adaptation of the Cuban social medical model utilizes a free, universal health care system to serve and educate rural, poor and marginalized populations and to broaden the very praxis and ideology of what health means in a true Latin American social medicine approach. MBA moves beyond conventional medicine to form a true community-oriented primary care system Through qualitative research with personnel from both sides of the political spectrum in Venezuela, Venezuela s Health Care Revolution offers a unique analysis of MBA s ability to empower marginalized populations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552667309
SKU
V9781552667309
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Reviews for Venezuela S Health Care Revolution
This book shows that another approach to public healthcare is possible. Chris Walker offers insights into a successful alternative to the conventional approach to medicine, and provides an invaluable lesson about healthcare to us in our own developed country.
John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University"
John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University"