Healing the Masses
Cuban Health Politics at Home and Abroad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2834050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald B Cooper (The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Julie Margot Feinsilver |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 300 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2517349 |
| OpenAlex | W4245325718, W2321255899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
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
Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · International health · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public relations · Cuban History and Society · Law · Medicine · Health Policy
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |