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Introduction My decision to become a doctor stemmed from feeling a call to go abroad, to seek justice for those without a voice, and from feeling medicine would provide me with some sensible skills to do this with. I have always seen my elective period as an opportunity to “test...
Travelling Light is a daily Bible meditation containing a mixture of thoughts, readings and stories from doctors, nurses and students who have spent time abroad. It is split into weekly chunks under headings including 'Hope', 'Reliance on God', 'Dealing with death, suffering and inadequacy' and 'Rising above the day to...
In Angola, 180 out of every 1,000 children die before the age of five – nearly 20%; in Britain, four out of every 1,000 children die before the age of five – barely 0.5%. In Zambia, life expectancy is 40 years; in Australia, life expectancy is 81 years – double....
How often do we consume more than we need? Is sincerity the same as authenticity? Why isn't parenthood as valuable to society as a job? Oliver James, a clinical psychologist, travelled all over the world to compile this book. The title of the book refers to a set of values...
