Hoping to help : the promises and pitfalls of global health volunteering /

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Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lasker, Judith, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2016]
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
Temas:
Volunteer workers in medical care.
Missions, Medical.
Medical assistance > International cooperation.
Voluntary health agencies.
International cooperation.
Global Health > trends
Volunteers
International Cooperation
Medical Missions
Voluntary Health Agencies
Bénévoles dans les services de santé.
Missions médicales.
Aide sanitaire > Coopération internationale.
Associations sans but lucratif pour la santé publique.
Coopération internationale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Volunteer Work.
International cooperation
Medical assistance > International cooperation
Missions, Medical
Voluntary health agencies
Volunteer workers in medical care
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a "tsunami" of international volunteers
  • Who sponsors international medical missions?
  • The activities and goals of sponsoring organizations
  • Becoming a volunteer
  • What leads to volunteering, what volunteering leads to
  • The best and the worst : host perspectives on volunteer programs
  • Benefits to host communities
  • First do no harm : the unintended negatives for host communities
  • Mutuality and continuity, two pillars of effective programs
  • Community-focused research
  • Programmatic focus
  • Lessons learned : responding to the debate.

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