Notes on the Cuban social medical ideal and its theorists in the sixties

Abstract

The success the Cuban Public Health since the 60’s last century is going to have a back support in the social doctor’ s ideal accomplished. Complex phenomena developed in its beginnings under an acute ideological fight. This work has as an objective to determinate the conditions in which it emerged and it strengthen the Cuban social doctor’s ideal in the decade of the 60’s, considering the thoughts of Fidel Castro Ruz and Ernesto Guevara as main ideological guidance of the process. The were used scientific investigation methods of empirical and theoretical level. As main techniques, there were used analysis of written materials, like remembrances, speeches, interviews, book, newspapers and magazines, obtaining as a result bringing to light some elements during this stage.