Healing the Masses
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20th century cuban history
20th century cuban politics
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Author_Julie M. Feinsilver
biomedical research
biotechnology
castro
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communism
cuba
cuban health care system
disaster relief
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fidel castro
government and governing
health
health care
health education
latin american history
medical care
medical diplomacy
medical pharmaceutical exports
policy studies
political views
public health professionals
public health system
revolution
social policy
universal health care
world medical power
world medicine
Product details
- ISBN 9780520082984
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 156 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Julie M. Feinsilver is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oberlin College.
