This study examines Cuba's medical system from the inside out and illuminates what the numbers cannot--how the system works and what Cuban life is like. Through qualitative interviews and participant observation, the everyday realities of the Cuban experience are revealed and through them, the values and ideologies of the revolution. This book shows how universal access to medical services can make the difference in the lives of poor people. Cuba does more than provide free services however; it has redefined what medicine is and what doctors and nurses can be. This work deepens the scholarship on Cuban medicine. It is the first to focus solely on the community based primary care system--Comprehensive Family Medicine and its activist health care professionals--the family doctors and nurses. Caring for Them from Birth to Death is based on interviews and observations conducted in the field over three years in Cuba. The book challenges assumptions about the health of poor populations and demonstrates the global importance of the Cuban model.
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Single-concentration ligand displacement screens provided a rapid method to identify N-acyl heparin derivatives that displaced fluorescent labeled heparin from HBPs. Trends in competitive ligand displacement observed in these screens were validated using concentration-dependent displacement assays. Data obtained from these assays were used to calculate and compare appKd values for N-acylated heparin derivatives of interest for several HBPs.
By the time Christina was four years old she had experienced her first kiss at the mouth of a relative and although young, she knew that there was something quite different about it. Not really thinking about it, and also having the attention span of a gnat, Christina pushed this encounter out of her mind until it happened again when she started Kindergarten and this time it came with a touch. Having been taught by her mother not to let anyone touch her in her private areas, she was still a confused child because although it felt wrong, the tingling sensation that came with it made her want to feel it again. So she kept quiet.Rather than open her mouth and ask for help, after being told numerous times by her mother if she continued to act out she would be placed in a home, she made it her mission to get put out just so this very thing could happen.“By His Stripes” details the life of Christina and the decisions she made secretly crying out for help that lead to her being a teen mom, a high school dropout and later heavy drug user suffering in domestic violence relationships. As you read the story of her life, like the Book of Esther, you will see the hand of God over her life, even when she didn't acknowledge Him.The journey brings us to today, where she is an awesome woman of God using her past mistakes to educate and inform others that it is not over until God says it is over and that “By His Stripes”, she is healed.
Offers information about the young pop singer, including web sites to find out more information, a pop quiz to test the true fan's knowledge, and over fifty photographs.
The Forgotten is the true story of a young woman who came through amnesic divided identity disorder (DID). She had lived with so many unexplained fears and pain but never could understand why she was like this. Was she crazy, or had she forgotten something? Come with her on her journey from heartbreak and pain to healing and joy. See the many creative ways the Lord showed her how He saw her and how to deal with her past sexual abuse. By facing her past, she found peace and a new freedom and love for life. For too long, her past abuse had not just hurt her but also been a_ ecting her relationships, her job, her view of people, how she viewed God, and how she thought about herself. She went from being lost to being found. Learn how to walk in victory and wholeness. See how you can overcome past abuse and protect those you love from becoming victims. Go from being a person who is not just surviving but also thriving!
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