Author: Chris Walker
publisher name: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 9781552667309
Venezuela's Health Care Revolution examines Mision Barrio Adentro (MBA), Venezuela's adaptation of the Cuban social medical model established under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. MBA utilizes a free, universal health care system to serve and educate rural, poor, and marginalized populations, aiming to broaden the praxis and ideology of health in a true Latin American social medicine approach.
Through qualitative research with personnel from both sides of the political spectrum in Venezuela, the book offers a unique analysis of MBA's ability to empower marginalized populations to become health care providers for their own medically vulnerable and underserved communities. Chris Walker argues that the potential of this medical approach is significant not just in Latin America but also in Canada and the United States.
Chris Walker is a PhD candidate at Saint Mary's University and the author of several publications on Cuban medical adaptations, as well as on the cultural constructions of health care, medical education, rural/urban medical disparities, and the connections between politics, health, and poverty.
