Book ID: CBB703326652

Healing the Masses: Cuban Health Politics at Home and Abroad (1993)

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Feinsilver, Julie M. (Author)
Apter, David E. (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 1993
Physical Details: 328
Language: English

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 and abroad. As a result of Cuba's forward strides in health care, infant mortality rates are low even by First World standards. Cuba has successfully dealt with the AIDS epidemic in a manner that has aroused controversy and that some claim has infringed on individual liberties―issues that Feinsilver succinctly evaluates.Feinsilver's research and travel in Cuba over many years give her a unique perspective on the challenges Cuba faces in this time of unprecedented economic and political uncertainty. Her book is a must-read for everyone concerned with health policy, international relations, and Third World societies.

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Authors & Contributors
Kirk, John M.
Begley, Philip
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul
Dishman, Eric
Erisman, H. Michael
Malathouni, Christina
Concepts
Health care
Medicine and government
Public health
Medicine and politics
Health policy
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Cuba
Great Britain
England
New York (U.S.)
Tibet
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Health Service (Great Britain)
UNICEF
African National Congress
La Fédération québécoise de l’autisme
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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