Caring for Them from Birth to Death

Informationen zum Autor By Christina Perez Klappentext Through qualitative interviews and participant observation with Cuban primary care neighborhood doctors and nurses, this book brings the reader into everyday life in Havana. The first book to examine Cuba's health care system and the health of the Cuban population since the Special Period, it explains how Cuba manages to improve its health indices year after year_an extraordinary achievement, considering the economic inequalities that exist in Cuba today. Zusammenfassung Through interviews and participant observation with Cuban primary care neighborhood doctors and nurses! this book brings the reader into everyday life in Havana. It examines Cuba's health care system and the health of the Cuban population since the Special Period. It also explains how Cuba manages to improve its health indices year after year. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Figures and Tables Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Materialist Medicine and the Battle of Ideas Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Living and Working in the Field Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Family Doctors! Havana Neighborhoods! and Community Medicine Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Health is Life Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Reproductive Health and the Family Doctor Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Holding Vigil Over Families Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Ser Humano Chapter 10 Conclusion: Health Care is a Right Chapter 11 Selected Bibliography

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By Christina Perez

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Through qualitative interviews and participant observation with Cuban primary care neighborhood doctors and nurses, this book brings the reader into everyday life in Havana. The first book to examine Cuba's health care system and the health of the Cuban population since the Special Period, it explains how Cuba manages to improve its health indices year after year_an extraordinary achievement, considering the economic inequalities that exist in Cuba today.

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Chapter 1 List of Figures and Tables Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Materialist Medicine and the Battle of Ideas Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Living and Working in the Field Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Family Doctors, Havana Neighborhoods, and Community Medicine Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Health is Life Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Reproductive Health and the Family Doctor Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Holding Vigil Over Families Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Ser Humano Chapter 10 Conclusion: Health Care is a Right Chapter 11 Selected Bibliography