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Healing the Masses: Cuban Health Politics at Home and Abroad
Julie M. Feinsilver
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Description for Healing the Masses: Cuban Health Politics at Home and Abroad
Paperback. How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? Hampered by scarce resources and a long-standing U.S. embargo, Cuba nevertheless has managed to provide universal access to health care, comprehensive health education, and advanced technology, even amid desperate economic conditions. Moreover, Cuba has sent disaster relief, donations of medical supplies and technology, and cadres of volunteer doctors throughout the world, emerging, in Castro's phrase, as a 'world medical power'. In her significant and timely study, Julie Feinsilver explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home ... Read more
How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? Hampered by scarce resources and a long-standing U.S. embargo, Cuba nevertheless has managed to provide universal access to health care, comprehensive health education, and advanced technology, even amid desperate economic conditions. Moreover, Cuba has sent disaster relief, donations of medical supplies and technology, and cadres of volunteer doctors throughout the world, emerging, in Castro's phrase, as a 'world medical power'. In her significant and timely study, Julie Feinsilver explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520082984
SKU
V9780520082984
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About Julie M. Feinsilver
Julie M. Feinsilver is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oberlin College.
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