Healthcare Policy in Cuba in the New Millennium: the Contribution of Social Work

Authors

  • Edvânia Ângela de Souza Lourenço Unesp-Franca
  • Reina Fleitas Ruiz Universidad de La Habana

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss healthcare policies in Cuba and present some observations about social work in healthcare. A study of the literature was conducted and empirical data collected from five interviews conducted in 2013 with professors, social workers and representatives of the Federation of Cuban Women. The study makes frequent comparisons with the reality of healthcare and social work in Brazil to highlight the particularities in the situation of healthcare and healthcare policy in Cuba.

Author Biographies

Edvânia Ângela de Souza Lourenço, Unesp-Franca

Doutora em Serviço Social pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp). Docente do Departamento e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social da Unesp-Franca. Pesquisadora do Grupo de estudos e pesquisas Teoria Social de Marx e Serviço Social, Unesp-Franca, SP.

Reina Fleitas Ruiz, Universidad de La Habana

Doctora en Ciencias Sociológicas Profesora del Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad de La Habana. Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Carrera de Sociología. Coordinadora del Equipo de Estudios sobre Salud, Familia y Género.

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Published

2014-12-05

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2014): Estado e política social: saúde

Section

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