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Paul R. Linde

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Description:"This is a wonderful book. It gives a warm and loving picture of an isolated African country regularly castigated in the US press. It reiterates eloquently lessons lost by our medical establishment and our populace, which need to be regained." --Journal of the American Medical Association. An unforgettable tale of medicine at the crossroads of two cultures. After four years of psychiatric residency and two years of practice as an attending psychiatrist in San Francisco which included stints in an emergency room and the city jail. Paul Linde thought he'd seen it all. When his pediatrician wife decided that she wanted to work as a doctor in Africa, he went along for the ride, greeting the prospect with a blase "same job, different continent," attitude. What he found, instead, would challenge much of what he thought he knew about mental illness and transform him as a physician and as a human being.Of Spirits and Madness is Dr. Linde's account of his year spent practicing psychiatry in Zimbabwe's Harare Central Hospital. In a compelling narrative brimming with compassion, insight, and no small measure of good humor, he tells of his shock at the magnitude of human suffering that greeted him on his arrival in Africa and his initial bafflement with its people's superstitions and differing worldview. He introduces us to his patients, vividly relating how his experiences with them awakened him to the ways in which mental illness cuts across cultures, ultimately filling him with a deep admiration for the incredible patience and spiritual dignity with which they endured their poverty and illnesses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa. To get started finding Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "This is a wonderful book. It gives a warm and loving picture of an isolated African country regularly castigated in the US press. It reiterates eloquently lessons lost by our medical establishment and our populace, which need to be regained." --Journal of the American Medical Association. An unforgettable tale of medicine at the crossroads of two cultures. After four years of psychiatric residency and two years of practice as an attending psychiatrist in San Francisco which included stints in an emergency room and the city jail. Paul Linde thought he'd seen it all. When his pediatrician wife decided that she wanted to work as a doctor in Africa, he went along for the ride, greeting the prospect with a blase "same job, different continent," attitude. What he found, instead, would challenge much of what he thought he knew about mental illness and transform him as a physician and as a human being.Of Spirits and Madness is Dr. Linde's account of his year spent practicing psychiatry in Zimbabwe's Harare Central Hospital. In a compelling narrative brimming with compassion, insight, and no small measure of good humor, he tells of his shock at the magnitude of human suffering that greeted him on his arrival in Africa and his initial bafflement with its people's superstitions and differing worldview. He introduces us to his patients, vividly relating how his experiences with them awakened him to the ways in which mental illness cuts across cultures, ultimately filling him with a deep admiration for the incredible patience and spiritual dignity with which they endured their poverty and illnesses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa. To get started finding Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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