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Where They Need Me : Local Clinicians and the Workings of Global Health in Haiti /
"This book focuses on the work of Haitian health professionals in humanitarian aid encounters. Haitian doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care workers act as intermediaries between actors from the global North (the United States, Canada and Europe) and Haiti's majority populati...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Cornell University Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book focuses on the work of Haitian health professionals in humanitarian aid encounters. Haitian doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care workers act as intermediaries between actors from the global North (the United States, Canada and Europe) and Haiti's majority population, many of whom do not have access to decent care. This book address the reasons why international aid in Haiti suffers from a lack of coordination and some of the reasons why certain interventions succeed while others fail"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations (black and white) ; |
| ISBN: | 9781501763861 |