Healthcare Without Borders : Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism.
Kirk, John M.
Healthcare Without Borders : Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (377 pages) - Contemporary Cuba Series . - Contemporary Cuba Series .
Cover -- Healthcare without Borders -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Setting the Scene -- 1. Origins and Evolution: From "Beggar's Helper" to a "White-Jacketed Army" -- 2. ELAM, a School for All Nations -- 3. Dealing with the "Handicapped" of ALBA: Setting the Balance Right -- 4. Operación Milagro: Bringing Vision to Millions -- 5. Cuba's International Disaster Responses: From 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- 6. South-South Cooperation in Biotechnology: Medicine for the Masses -- 7. The Cuba-Venezuela Medical Partnership: The Castro-Chávez Dream Lives On -- 8. Cuba's Role in Haiti: Hurricanes, an Earthquake, and Cholera -- 9. Cuba's Medical Internationalism in the South Pacific -- 10. The Children of Chernobyl: 25,000 Treated -- 11. Cuba's Medical Internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: No Longer the World's Best-Kept Secret -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780813055473
Electronic books.
RA390.C9 K58 2015
362.1097291
Healthcare Without Borders : Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (377 pages) - Contemporary Cuba Series . - Contemporary Cuba Series .
Cover -- Healthcare without Borders -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Setting the Scene -- 1. Origins and Evolution: From "Beggar's Helper" to a "White-Jacketed Army" -- 2. ELAM, a School for All Nations -- 3. Dealing with the "Handicapped" of ALBA: Setting the Balance Right -- 4. Operación Milagro: Bringing Vision to Millions -- 5. Cuba's International Disaster Responses: From 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- 6. South-South Cooperation in Biotechnology: Medicine for the Masses -- 7. The Cuba-Venezuela Medical Partnership: The Castro-Chávez Dream Lives On -- 8. Cuba's Role in Haiti: Hurricanes, an Earthquake, and Cholera -- 9. Cuba's Medical Internationalism in the South Pacific -- 10. The Children of Chernobyl: 25,000 Treated -- 11. Cuba's Medical Internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: No Longer the World's Best-Kept Secret -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780813055473
Electronic books.
RA390.C9 K58 2015
362.1097291