Established under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Mision
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 Through qualitative research with personnel from both
sides of the political spectrum in Venezuela, Venezuela s Health
Care Revolution 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. 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. "
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