Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American PhysicianAn autobiography by a man born in Mexico who became a physician and ultimately President of the Chicago Board of Health. Besides his work in medicine, Prieto is a social activist striving for civil rights in Chicago and for the farmers union in California. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Talking to the driver we found that tuberculosis was so common in those villages that people almost accepted it as natural . We found , too , that women died in childbirth and that this was not seen as unusual , either .
Talking to the driver we found that tuberculosis was so common in those villages that people almost accepted it as natural . We found , too , that women died in childbirth and that this was not seen as unusual , either .
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Before unpacking , however , we decided to meet the village priest , since we were outsiders and needed friends . ... From San Martín as headquarters , I was to serve two other villages , Tierra Colorada about thirty miles to the south ...
Before unpacking , however , we decided to meet the village priest , since we were outsiders and needed friends . ... From San Martín as headquarters , I was to serve two other villages , Tierra Colorada about thirty miles to the south ...
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It had been somewhat of a shock to realize , through this case of diphtheria , that the village people really didn't ... It is not just a better or longer life - expectancy that the poor of these country's villages are entitled to : it ...
It had been somewhat of a shock to realize , through this case of diphtheria , that the village people really didn't ... It is not just a better or longer life - expectancy that the poor of these country's villages are entitled to : it ...
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Contenido
At the Beginning | 1 |
The Year of the Internship | 43 |
The Early Years | 63 |
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Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Vista de fragmentos - 1989 |
Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Vista de fragmentos - 1989 |
Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Sin vista previa disponible - 1990 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician |
| Autor | Jorge Prieto |
| Editor | University of Notre Dame Press, 1989 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 30 Jul. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0268010870, 9780268010874 |
| Largo | 157 páginas |
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