Abstract
In order to understand certain effects of the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos, in Portuguese), we studied the subjectivation processes that occurred in the constitution of the Cuban doctors throughout the revolutionary process triggered ever since the end of the 1950s. To do so, we analyzed many publications, and considered our experiences with these professionals using Michel Foucault’s formulations about how the power-knowledge relationships constitute the individuals, in the connection between political aspects and ethical processes. We demonstrate the role that the public health system has in the Cuban Revolution, identifying the centrality of the doctors in this process; we discuss the moral aspects that have an impact on the ethical constitution of the Cuban doctors, especially the figure of the revolutionary and the practices of solidary internationalism. Lastly, we analyze the recent transformations in that country and their yet undefined consequences for the subjectivation of the Cuban doctors.
physicians; professional practice; health systems; Cuba