4043.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| This session will look at the impact of multilateral development banks on the public and worker health of receiver nations. Panelists will focus on the role that these banks have had in the privatization of health care in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a case study of the privatization of public health care in El Salvador. Privatization trends in the U.S. and how they relate to this discussion will also be included. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Rene' Jahiel, MD, PhD | ||||
| Rene' Jahiel, MD, PhD Beatrice Edwards René Zapata Nieto | ||||
| Valerie A. Wilk, MS | ||||
| Introductory Remarks - Rene' Jahiel, MD, PhD | ||||
| Health Care Privatization Policies of Multiateral Development Banks in Latin America and the Caribbean - Beatrice Edwards, PhD | ||||
| The Rol of Multilateral Development Banks in the Privatization of Public Health Care in El Salvador - Rene' Zapata Nieto, MD | ||||
| Discussion | ||||
| Sponsor: | Labor Caucus | |||
| Cosponsors: | International Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Social Work; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||