To Bear Witness: Updated, Revised, and Expanded Edition, Kevin M. Cahill
Автор: Kevin M. Cahill Название: To Bear Witness: Updated, Revised, and Expanded Edition ISBN: 0823255786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780823255788 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 12698.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For more than fifty years, Dr. Cahill has been helping to heal the world, as a leading specialist in tropical medicine and as a driving force in humanitarian assistance and relief efforts around the globe. In this revised and expanded edition, he chronicles extraordinary achievements of compassion and commitment. Bringing together a rich selection of writings, he crafts a fascinating memoir of a life devoted to others. The book includes front-line reports from places under siege—Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Nicaragua, Gaza, and Ireland; there are also visionary essays from the origins of the AIDS epidemic and landmine crises, and no less passionate concerns of his own experiences of pain and suffering—as well as of joy and beauty—in the worlds in which he has traveled. As the distinguished neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, M.D., notes in his endorsement, “These essays, by turns elegiac, lyrical, funny, tender, nostalgic, and vehemently impassioned, come together in an ongoing tapestry, a portrait of a dedicated physician who has dared to make a difference.”
Автор: Marvin J. Stone, Stone Название: When to act and when to refrain ISBN: 1636849245 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781636849249 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3325.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dr. Marvin Stone describes his journey through the last half-century in medicine: becoming a physician, acquiring training in patient care and research, and teaching at all levels.
Описание: Dr. Marvin Stone describes his journey through the last half-century in medicine: becoming a physician, acquiring training in patient care and research, and teaching at all levels.
The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of humankind. It has its own myths and legends, including tales of epidemics that destroyed whole civilizations. Today, with silent stealth, tropical diseases still claim more lives than all the current wars combined. Having had the privilege of working throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as in the great medical centers of Europe and the United States, the author presents the details essential for understanding pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, therapy, and prevention of the major tropical diseases. The text, now in its eighth edition, has been used for half a century by medical students, practicing physicians, and public health workers around the world. This fascinating book should also be of interest to a broad, nonmedical readership interested in world affairs. All royalties from the sale of this book go to the training of humanitarian workers.
