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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Medical missions"”.
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Medical missions in Rhodesien / Zimbabwe : zur Geschichte der Missionshospitäler der Erzdiözese Bulawayo und den Biographien ihrer leitenden Ärztinnen
… Rhodesien), die von 4 deutschen Ärztinnen des Missionsärztlichen Instituts Würzburg nach dem 2.Weltkrieg in enger Zusammenarbeit mit den Mariannhiller Missionaren (einem kath. Missionsorden)im Gebiet der heutigen Erzdiözese Bulawayo auf- und ausgebaut wurden. Diese Missionshospitäler sind Teil …
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The public-private interface of domiciliary medical care for the poor in Scotland, c. 1875-1911
This thesis explores domiciliary medical care for the poor in Scotland. Domiciliary care is understood as medical care provided in the home by qualified medical practitioners, or medical students. The poor are understood as those simply unable to ‘pay the doctor’ for the services they received. …
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Adventist Medical Mission in Botswana: Toward an Effective and Appropriate Model
… (2) Western-oriented medicine, (3) Christian medical mission, as well as (4) African Independent Churches (AICs) with emphasis on spiritual healing. However, at times this comes with negative consequences.</p> <p>This research sought to understand why medicalpluralism exists in Botswana and …
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Implementation of a Helicobacter Pylori Test and Treat Program in Rural Nepal Facilitated by a Nurse Practitioner Doctor of Nursing Practice Comprehensive Project Report
… organizations who organize short-term medical missions. At a rural Nepalese health post 45% of the patients complained of abdominal discomfort. As the prevalence of helicobacter pylori is 50-90% in Southeast Asia, the patients believed that they had helicobacter pylori.</p> <p>In …
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An Evaluation of the work of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, 1841-2011.
This evaluation of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society (EMMS) between 1841-2011 concludes that it met its three original objectives. To assess EMMS’ archives and contemporary accounts of missions the paper uses three broad phases: pioneers,teachers and partners. EMMS’ advocacy of the role of …
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Biomedical disenchantments: practices, discourses, and imaginaries of transnational biomedicalization in rural Ethiopia
… endeavors. Extending sociological theories of biomedicalization into this postcolonial space constructed by unpredictable mobilities of global health technologies, but largely disconnected from formal networks of biocapital reveals biomedical imaginaries of physicians in tension with severely …