Cuban Health Care Utopian Drecb

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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? Zusammenfassung 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? Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Medical HistoriesChapter 2. Shortages and InfrastructureChapter 3. Women and ChildrenChapter 4. Ageing and Youth: A Cuban DilemmaChapter 5. Medical EducationChapter 6. PharmaceuticalsChapter 7. Medical Diplomacy and Services AbroadChapter 8. Conclusions: Facing the FutureAppendix 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 RuzAppendix 2. A Cuban medical timelineBibliographyAbout the authorsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Mary Helen Spooner, Spooner Mary Helen, Steven Ullmann, Ullmann Steven
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2014
• EAN: 9780739176030
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7603-0
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Cuba, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Central / national / federal government policies, Health systems & services, Marxism & Communism, Health systems and services, Central government policies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care