Health, politics, and revolution in Cuba since 1898

"Challenging many of the assumptions scholars have made about the Cuban Revolution's impact on healthcare, this volume recounts one anthropologists' quest to discover the truth behind the complicated relationship between Cuba's revolution, politics, and healthcare system." "Written in the form of a first-person narrative, Health, Politics, and Revolution in Cuba Since 1898 not only critically reevaluates Cuban healthcare after the 1959 revolution: it includes chapters detailing Cuban health trends from the Spanish-American War (1898) through the fall of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and into the present."--book jacket.