TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spooner,Mary Helen
AU  - Ullman,Steven
TI  - Cuban health care: utopian dreams, fragile future 
SN  - 9780739176047
AV  - RA395.C9 
U1  - 362.1097291 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Communism
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - National health insurance
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - National Health Programs
KW  - Quality of Health Care
KW  - Insurance, Health
KW  - Prestation de soins
KW  - Communisme
KW  - Politique sanitaire
KW  - Assurance-maladie
KW  - communism
KW  - aat
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Security
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Social Services & Welfare
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Medical histories -- Shortages and infrastructure -- Women and children -- Ageing and youth : a Cuban dilemma -- Medical education -- Pharmaceuticals -- Medical diplomacy and services abroad -- 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
N2  - 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?
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