The right to live in health : medical politics in postindependence Havana /
"Rodríguez describes how medicine and new public health projects infused republican Cuba's statecraft, powerfully shaping the lives of Havana's residents. He underscores how various stakeholders, including women and people of color, demanded robust government investment in quality me...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Envisioning Cuba.
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| Acceso en liña: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469659756_rodriguez |
| Summary: | "Rodríguez describes how medicine and new public health projects infused republican Cuba's statecraft, powerfully shaping the lives of Havana's residents. He underscores how various stakeholders, including women and people of color, demanded robust government investment in quality medical care for all Cubans, a central national value that continues today. On a broader level, Rodríguez proposes that Latin America, at least as much as the United States and Europe, was an engine for the articulation of citizens' rights, including the right to health care, in the twentieth century"-- |
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| Descrición Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469659756 1469659751 9781469659725 1469659727 9781469659732 1469659735 |