PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dresang, Lee T.
AU  - Brebrick, Laurie
AU  - Murray, Danielle
AU  - Shallue, Ann
AU  - Sullivan-Vedder, Lisa
TI  - Family Medicine in Cuba: Community-Oriented Primary Care and Complementary and Alternative Medicine
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.18.4.297
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
PG  - 297--303
VI  - 18
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/18/4/297.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/18/4/297.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2005 Jul 01; 18
AB  - Family physicians in Cuba and the United States operate within very different health systems. Cuba’s health system is notable for achieving developed country health outcomes despite a developing country economy. The authors of this study traveled to Cuba and reviewed the literature to investigate which practices of Cuban family physicians might be applicable for US family physicians wishing to learn from the Cuban experience. We found that community-oriented primary care (COPC) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are well developed within the Cuban medical system. Because COPC and CAM are already recommended by US family medicine professional bodies, US family physicians may want to learn from the Cuban experience and perhaps incorporate elements into their individual practices.