Year: 1974
Type: article
Abstract: Under Salvador Allende (himself a physician), Chile's socialist government achieved health reforms that emphasized nutrition, maternal and infant care, environmental health, increased services for the poor, and improved distribution of care.The government also encouraged worker and consumer control over health policy in neighborhood health centers and hospitals.The Chilean medical profession opposed democratization in the health system, participated in periodic strikes and work stoppages, and criticized the government for shortages of medical supplies and consumer goods that resulted from an international boy-
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Authors: Howard Waitzkin, Hilary Modell
Institutions: Stanford Medicine, Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1972231810