Community Health Care in Cuba

This multidisciplinary look at Cuban community health care pulls the past and present together in an exciting look at the origins, successes, and failures of the Cuban system. In this book, editors Susan E. Mason, David L. Strug, and Joan Beder bring together essays by respected professionals in both Cuba and the United States to examine the closely integrated system of nurses, doctors, social workers, and other health care specialists that make up the revolutionary home-based care network that serves millions of Cubans.

Special essays deal with the treatment of Jewish, Chinese, and Afro-Cuban minorities, and with Cuba's achievements in promoting international health. At a time when health care is at the forefront of many debates, this book brings unique insight in intriguing language accessible to both professionals and interested laypeople.