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La doctora : an American doctor in the Amazon /
In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith went to Peru on an ecotourism vacation. She was so moved that she abandoned her thriving medical practice in Wisconsin to serve the Yagua Indians in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest of Peru--alone. Taken straight from the pages of Dr. Smith's journal, La Docto...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2002, ©1999.
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| Edición: | 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith went to Peru on an ecotourism vacation. She was so moved that she abandoned her thriving medical practice in Wisconsin to serve the Yagua Indians in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest of Peru--alone. Taken straight from the pages of Dr. Smith's journal, La Doctora offers readers a rare glimpse into the suspense and drama of practicing medicine in a culture far removed from the sophisticated supplies and supports of 20th-century medicine. Learn how Dr. Smith evolved from a "strange white woman" to an adopted member of the indigenous community. Her story of advent |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Duluth, Minn. : Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, ©1999; with title: La doctora: the journal of an American doctor practicing medicine on the Amazon River. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780816695409 0816695407 |