The time of medicine and the time of survival: the suffering experiences of Cuban doctors

Abstract

The present work aims to launch an anthropological look at the experiences of suffering of medical professionals of Cuban origin who, after the end of the Mais Médicos Program, had their lives completely transformed. For such an undertaking, we will use journalistic reports in which reports about the experiences of these professionals are expressed. In this sense, we will utilize the theoretical-conceptual contribution of the Anthropology of Emotions and Suffering, more specifically, understanding this set of events through the notions of critical event and social suffering. At the end, we reflect on how the irruption of this event impacted the experiences and perceptions about the past, present and future, as well as the emotions associated with these temporalities.