title: Contemporary health care and the colonial and neo-colonial experience: the case of the Dominican Republic.
abstract: This article traces the development of health care policies in the Dominican Republic from their colonial and neo-colonial roots to contemporary times. The Dominican case exemplifies the unique historical processes by which its health policies were created and maintained, and simultaneously, reflects the political and historical forces that shape the Caribbean as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Whiteford
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D004293:Dominican Republic; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D013030:Spain; D014481:United States