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Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty, and Global Service takes aim on helping health professionals better understand the reasons for global health disparities. The primer outlines the reasons why health professionals are essential to affecting change in current global affairs and how they can participate in serving those who are in need. Beginning with an in-depth examination of the state of global health, the author draws on his personal experience to illustrate the enormous impact that health professionals can have in changing the future of health care. Awakening Hippocrates also profiles seven exemplary health professionals who have dedicated their lives to service and are a source of inspiration to those interested in medical volunteering.
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- Paperback: 502 pages
- Publisher: Amer Medical Assn; 1 edition (March 31, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1579477720
- ISBN-13: 978-1579477721
- Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 6.2 x 8.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Free Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty, And Global Service
In this impressive and immensely readable book, Dr. O'Neil provides a critical and comprehensive analysis of the forces behind global health disparities, along with an inspirational call for health professionals to become more engaged in alleviating suffering in places beyond our normal scope. He does this by presenting well-researched data on the history of poverty, health, and international aid efforts, and combines this with the on-the-ground experiences of himself and others. In doing so, Dr. O'Neil dispels some of the myths perpetuated by governments, transnational organizations, and others, regarding the roots of poverty, ill health, and efforts to alleviate this suffering.
Yet, Dr. O'Neil does not stop with his critical analysis, and the troubling picture it reveals; he links this with a moving appeal to an ethical imperative for greater engagement in the fight to alleviate suffering among marginalized populations, and provides a guide (in the companion book "A Practical Guide to Global Health Service") of how to become more involved in a wide variety of settings. These two books should be essential reading for all medical and public health professionals and students. In turn, hopefully it will spur greater action among health professionals to alleviate so much unnecessary suffering in the world and realize the rich rewards that come with global health volunteerism.
By John E. Varallo
I had to buy this book for a class and paid a lot more than it was worth because it was a requirement although it was out of print and ended up getting an A+ in the class without reading past the first chapter. Total waste of money.
By D. Shinkarow