Medicine in Translation Journeys with My Patients |
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| Author:
| Ofri, Danielle |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-7320-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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A memoir of Ofri's life and work which incorporates moving stories about her own family and people living and dying in the foreign country we call home. From a Nigerian survivor of torture whose face has been destroyed by an acid attack to a Latina mother who desperately needs a heart transplant butcannot get one because she's undocumented, Dr. Ofri's patients teach volumes about the resilience of immigrants as they navigate an unfamiliar and sometimes inhospitable health care system.
A memoir of Ofri's life and work which incorporates moving stories about her own family and people living and dying in the foreign country we call home. From a Nigerian survivor of torture whose face has been destroyed by an acid attack to a Latina mother who desperately needs a heart transplant butcannot get one because she's undocumented, Dr. Ofri's patients teach volumes about the resilience of immigrants as they navigate an unfamiliar and sometimes inhospitable health care system.