RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Family Medicine in Cuba: Community-Oriented Primary Care and Complementary and Alternative Medicine JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 297 OP 303 DO 10.3122/jabfm.18.4.297 VO 18 IS 4 A1 Lee T. Dresang A1 Laurie Brebrick A1 Danielle Murray A1 Ann Shallue A1 Lisa Sullivan-Vedder YR 2005 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/18/4/297.abstract 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.