Steven Ullmann, Mary Helen Spooner

Cuban Health Care

Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780739176030
• ISBN-10: 073917603X
• Artikelnr.: 41050904

Autorenporträt

Steven Ullman is director of the Center for Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy at the University of Miami.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Medical Histories
Chapter 2. Shortages and Infrastructure
Chapter 3. Women and Children
Chapter 4. Ageing and Youth: A Cuban Dilemma
Chapter 5. Medical Education
Chapter 6. Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 7. Medical Diplomacy and Services Abroad
Chapter 8. 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
Bibliography
About the authors
Index