Any recommendations on books about physicians working in underserved communities. Just finished Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure. Great read.
"Underserved communities" are usually more poor and more impacted by social problems (poverty, crime, drugs, racism etc) than your average group, and the most drastically underserved people are found in low-income countries.
10 Lessons in Public Health: Inspiration for Tomorrow's Leaders, by
Alfred Sommers, a public health ophthamologist
Just and Lasting Change, by
Carl Taylor, who pretty much founded the field of international/global health in the US
Six months in Sudan, by an MSF doctor
The Hospital by the River, about
Catherine Hamlin's fistula hospital and medical education programs in Ethiopia.
Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership Is Winning the Fight against HIV/AIDS - a personal fav, about international clinical/medical education/research partnership
Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives, about a
HMS and Nepali ophthamology team
in Nepal
You could check out
Betrayal of Trust, about poor public health policy
around the world.
Anything by Paul Farmer.
If you want to get more academic, check out Duke's
Social Med Reader.
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche,
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, and
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are a great intro to cross-cultural medicine.
Non-underserved,
Saving Sight was a lot of fun and interesting. So is Atul Gawande.
Not All of Us Are Saints by David Hilfiker
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Nice pick! Your description of Kinder than Solitude for some reason made me think of A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe. If you haven't already read that one, you might like it!
