02394cam a2200445 i 4500 118808 118808 21536205 BJBSDDR 20230805181418.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 200519s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng 2020023269 9781583678602 (paperback) 583678603 (paperback) 9781583678619 (cloth) 9781583678626 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc nwcu--- 107 RA 395 F548c 2020 362.1097291 Fitz, Don E., 1948- 30020 Cuban health care : the ongoing revolution / Don Fitz. New York : Monthly Review Press, 2020. 303 pages : lllustrations ; 21 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The Three Thousand Who Stayed -- Birth of the Cuban Polyclinic -- Cuba's First Military Doctors -- From Policlínicos Comunitarios to Family Medicine -- Cuban Doctors in Angola -- A Time of the Unexpected -- ELAM: The Latin American School of Medicine -- Thirteen Faces of ELAM -- Cuba: The New Global Medicine -- Challenges of the Twenty-First Century -- Cuba's Medical Mission -- Medicine in Cuba and the United States -- Postscript: How Che Guevara Taught Cuba to Confront Covid-19. "Cuba has transformed its health care to the extent that this "third-world" country has been able to maintain a first-world medical system, whose health indicators surpass those of the United States at a fraction of the cost. Don Fitz combines his knowledge of Cuban history with decades of on-the-ground experience in Cuba to tell the story of how Cuba's health care system evolved and how Cuba is tackling the daunting challenges to its revolution in this century"-- Provided by publisher. Medical care Cuba. Medical Policy Cuba. Atención médica Cuba 5299 Políticas médicas Cuba 5301 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-03-01 0 107 RA 395 F548c 2020 00000163038 2023-03-01 00:00:00 1 2023-03-01 BK