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1st ed |
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xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
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Studies of the Americas |
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Studies of the Americas
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-217) and index |
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Introduction : Cuba as a world medical power -- The Cuban health care system -- Cuba's Cold War medical aid programs -- Contemporary Cuban medical aid programs : the general Third World arena -- Contemporary Cuban medical aid programs : Latin America and the Caribbean -- Towards an understanding of Cuban medical internationalism |
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Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Mode of access:World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on July 24, 2009). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions |
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While public health is important for revolutionary Cuba, providing medical services to the developing world is also a priority: 38,000 medical staff are engaged abroad; the largest medical school in the world (ELAM) has an enrollment of over 8,000 students from the Third World; and since 2004over 1.3 million in Latin America and the Caribbean have had their eyesight restored. How hasthis small nation of 11.3 million people managed to save more lives in the developing world than allof the G-8 countries together? And what are its motives? This book, the result of four years of research in Cuba, provides an updated analysis of this extraordinary record |
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Palgrave |
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Original 1403983720
9781403983725
(DLC) 2008039149 (OCoLC)248348330
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Medical assistance, Cuban
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Medical policy -- Cuba
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Medical care -- Cuba
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Health Policy -- history -- Cuba
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International Cooperation -- Cuba
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Delivery of Health Care -- methods -- Cuba
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Developing Countries -- Cuba
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History, 20th Century -- Cuba
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History, 21st Century -- Cuba
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International Agencies -- organization & administration -- Cuba
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National Health Programs -- organization & administration -- Cuba
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Electronic books. local
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| Alt Author |
Erisman, H. Michael
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Palgrave Connect (Online service)
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