Your Doctor Abroad (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Enoch F. Bell

 
9780428482602: Your Doctor Abroad (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

A global look at medical missions that built hospitals, trained nurses, and saved lives with limited means. This book surveys how doctors and nurses in mission fields opened modern hospitals and a network of dispensaries to reach vast communities. It shows the hopes, challenges, and steady progress of a movement that blends care, education, and public health across continents.

It highlights practical work from Africa to Asia, detailing hospital programs, the spread of dispensaries, and the push to contribute to medical science. Readers will see how records, equipment, and training matter as much as compassion in serving people abroad.


  • How mission hospitals are created and operated on tight budgets and strong local partnerships

  • The expansion of dispensaries as a scalable way to reach thousands with treatments and prevention

  • Efforts to advance medical science through careful record-keeping and basic lab work

  • The importance of preventive medicine and health education in changing communities



To help readers understand the scope and impact, the book offers a historical portrait of medical missions and their enduring contributions. Ideal for readers curious about global health history, missionary work, and the development of medical care abroad.

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9780428687175: Your Doctor Abroad (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10 :  0428687172 ISBN 13 :  9780428687175
Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019
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