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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary Cuba
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Contemporary Cuba.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: setting the scene -- Origins and evolution: from "beggar's helper" to a "white-jacketed army" -- Elam, a school for all nations -- Dealing with the "handicapped" of ALBA: setting the balance right -- Operación milagro: bringing vision to millions -- Cuba's international disaster responses: from 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- South-South cooperation in biotechnology: medicine for the masses -- The Cuba-Venezuela medical partnership: the Castro-Chávez dream lives on -- Cuba's role in Haiti: hurricanes, an earthquake, and cholera -- Cuba's medical internationalism in the South Pacific -- The children of Chernobyl: 25,000 treated -- Cuba's medical internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: no longer the world's best-kept secret. |
| Summary |
Over the course of the last five decades, Cuba has been a leading force in the developing world via medical internationalism, providing humanitarian aid and initiating programs for preventative care and medical training. In this book, John Kirk argues that Cuba's medical internationalism is one of its best-kept secrets, and he explores the philosophical underpinning about access to medical care at the core of Cuba's medical internationalism programs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical assistance, Cuban.
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Medical assistance, Cuban. |
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Medical policy -- Cuba.
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Medical policy. |
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Cuba. |
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Medical care -- Cuba -- Methods.
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Medical care. |
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Public health -- Cuba.
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Public health. |
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International cooperation.
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International cooperation. |
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International Cooperation. |
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Delivery of Health Care. |
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Public Health. |
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Cuba. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Methods (Music)
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Online verison: Kirk, John M., 1951- Healthcare without borders. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015] 9780813055473 (OCoLC)918841188 |
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Original 9780813061054 0813061059 (DLC) 2015013773 (OCoLC)892431969 |
| ISBN |
9780813055473 electronic book |
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0813055474 electronic book |
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9780813061054 |
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0813061059 |
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