Cuban medical Internationalism and the development of the Latin American school of medicine

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 77-92

  Huish, Robert ^a   Kirk, John M ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuban doctors; Human resources for health; Human security; Latin American School of Medicine; Medical internationalism

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; MEDICINE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STUDENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 35548942675     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X07308119     Document Type: Article

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