title: Cuba: on the road to a family medicine nation.
abstract: Beginning with an overview of developments during the last 30 years, this article focuses on the current Cuban plan to convert the country into a family practice nation by creating a new primary care system. The new system is based on the training and placement of no less than 20,000 family physician and nurse teams by 1992. Cuba has come a long way in 30 years, as demonstrated by major health indicators.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilpin
mesh_terms: D003462:Cuba; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D000078329:Workforce