Cuba: A Very Different System of Health Care
From a public health perspective, I can’t think of anyplace that would be more interesting than Cuba, and it certainly was. I was privileged to be part of a delegation of nursing professionals to visit Cuba last fall, before the thaw in U.S./Cuban relations. The medical system in Cuba provides free health care to all citizens and emergency care to anyone. The malpractice threat, that too often determines our medical practice, is nonexistent. Practitioners are peer monitored, censured, re-educated and even expelled from practice on occasion. To read more: Cuba-A Very Different System of Health Care