Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty, And Global Service,   ISBN:9781579477721

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This book has excellent, practical applications for living a life more aware of what is happening in our world today.

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In this impressive and immensely readable book, Dr. O'Neil provides a critical and comprehensive analysis of the forces behind global health disparities, along with an inspirational call for health professionals to become more engaged in alleviating suffering in places beyond our normal scope. He does this by presenting well-researched data on the history of poverty, health, and international aid efforts, and combines this with the on-the-ground experiences of himself and others. In doing so, Dr. O'Neil dispels some of the myths perpetuated by governments, transnational organizations, and others, regarding the roots of poverty, ill health, and efforts to alleviate this suffering.

Yet, Dr. O'Neil does not stop with his critical analysis, and the troubling picture it reveals; he links this with a moving appeal to an ethical imperative for greater engagement in the fight to alleviate suffering among marginalized populations, and provides a guide (in the companion book "A Practical Guide to Global Health Service") of how to become more involved in a wide variety of settings. These two books should be essential reading for all medical and public health professionals and students. In turn, hopefully it will spur greater action among health professionals to alleviate so much unnecessary suffering in the world and realize the rich rewards that come with global health volunteerism.