Doctor Mary in Arabia: Memoirs - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Bruins Allison, Sandra Shaw (Editor), Lucie Wood Saunders (Introduction by)Publish date:1994-01-01Pages:365
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292704565ISBN-10:292704569UPC:9780292704565Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), Anthropology, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.01 x 6.03 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SC6GB0Y5NS
Doctor Mary in Arabia: Memoirs
Until fairly recently, Arab women rarely received professional health care, since few women doctors had ever practiced in Arabia and their culture forbade them from consulting male doctors. Not surprisingly, Dr. Mary Bruins Allison faced an overwhelming demand when she arrived in Kuwait in 1934 as a medical missionary of the Reformed Church of America. Over the next forty years, "Dr. Mary"...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292704565ISBN-10:292704569UPC:9780292704565Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), Anthropology, Cultural & RegionalBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.01 x 6.03 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SC6GB0Y5NS
Mary Bruins Allison (1903-1994) spent four decades working as a missionary physician in the Middle East.
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