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Caring for the World

A Guidebook to Global Health Opportunities

by (author) Paul Drain, Stephen A. Huffman, Sara Pirtle & Kevin Chan

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2008
Category
Health Care Issues
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802098047
    Publish Date
    Dec 2008
    List Price
    $91.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442692701
    Publish Date
    Dec 2008
    List Price
    $33.95

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As disparities in health care continue to widen between wealthy and impoverished nations, an increasing number of medical professionals are committing themselves to the growing field of global health. Caring for the World assembles the stories, experience, and advice of prominent global health practitioners in this inspired guidebook for health care workers who are interested in – or already are – improving the lives of people throughout the world.

Providing a wealth of valuable resources and information, the authors detail how individuals can find and prepare for global health work as well as how to obtain education and funding from governmental and non-governmental organizations. Skillfully addressing important issues related to working within other countries and cultures, they also provide practical advice on how to understand pandemics and the HIV/AIDS crisis in order to effect change.

Accessible, thorough, and concise, Caring for the World is essential reading for anyone interested in global health work, non-governmental organizations, and the current state of global health care.

About the authors

Paul K. Drain is a resident physician at Stanford University Hospital.

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Stephen A. Huffman is the medical director of St. Rita's Putnam County Emergency Room in Glandorf, Ohio.

Stephen A. Huffman's profile page

Sara E. Pirtle is the coordinator of the International Studies & Programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Sara Pirtle's profile page

Kevin Chan is a fellow in the Munk Centre for International Health Studies and Centre for International Health at the University of Toronto.

Kevin Chan's profile page