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Cuban health care the ongoing revolution /

"Cuba has transformed its health care to the extent that this "third-world" country has been able to maintain a first-world medical system, whose health indicators surpass those of the United States at a fraction of the cost. Don Fitz combines his knowledge of Cuban history with decad...

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Main Author: Fitz, Don E., 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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