Description: Revolutionary Doctors : How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care, Paperback by Brouwer, Steve, ISBN 1583672397, ISBN-13 9781583672396, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community healthcare, designed to serve--and largely carried out by--the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, in which doctor-teachers move into the countryside and poor urban areas to recruit and train doctors from among peasants and workers. Such programs were firstdeveloped in Cuba, and Cuban medical personnel play a key role in Venezuela today as advisors and organizers. This internationalist model has been a great success--Cuba is a world leader in medicine and medical training--and Brouwer shows how the Venezuelans are now, with the aid of their Cuban counterparts, following suit. But this program is not without its challenges. It has faced much hostility from traditional Venezuelan doctors as well as all the forces antagonistic to the Venezuelan and Cuban revolutions. Despite the obstacles it describes, Revolutionary Doctors demonstrates how a society committed to the well-being of its poorest people can actually put that commitment into practice, by delivering essential healthcare through the direct empowerment of the people it aims to serve"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Title: Revolutionary Doctors : How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the W
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Revolutionary Doctors : How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Education & Training, Intergovernmental Organizations, Public Health, Health Care Delivery, Physicians, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Customs & Traditions
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Education, Medical
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Steve Brouwer Brouwer
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
