Hoping to Help : : The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering / / Judith N. Lasker.
Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A "Tsunami" of Volunteers
- Part I. The Sponsoring Organizations
- Part II. The Volunteers
- Part III. The Host Communities
- Part IV. Principles for Maximizing the Benefits of Volunteer Health Trips
- Conclusion: Lessons Learned; Responding to the Debate
- Appendix A: Methods of Study
- Appendix B: Recommendations for Having the Best Possible Global Health Volunteer Trip
- Notes
- References
- Index