{"product_id":"9781552667552","title":"Venezuela's Health Care Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstablished under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Misión Barrio Adentro (MBA) — Venezuela’s adaptation of the Cuban social medical model — utilizes a free, universal health care system to serve and educate rural, poor and marginalized populations and to broaden the very praxis and ideology of what health means in a true Latin American social medicine approach. MBA moves beyond conventional medicine to form a true community-oriented primary care system\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThrough qualitative research with personnel from both sides of the political spectrum in Venezuela, \u003cem\u003eVenezuela’s Health Care Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique analysis of MBA’s ability to empower marginalized populations to become health care providers for their own medically vulnerable and under-served communities. Further, Chris Walker argues that the potential of this medical approach is significant not just in Latin America but in Canada and the United States as well.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eChris 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fernwood Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133372285168,"sku":"9781552667552","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781552667552_p0.jpg?v=1763752670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781552667552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}