Overview
Prepares students and first-time volunteers to be effective helpers locally and globally
Discusses topics such as appreciation of differing cultures, an understanding of the local economic conditions, a willingness to learn from new experiences, and strategies for collaborating with the existing medical establishment
Provides pathways to integrate long-range learning on the part of the volunteer and skills transfer to local personnel
Discusses the pitfalls to be avoided when volunteering abroad, including cultural ignorance, lack of background in local medical conditions, assuming that there is only one way to treat patients, and medical voyeurism
Written and edited by leading experts in the field
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.e. glaucoma, diabetes, or hypertension) are often not affordable or cannot be sustained for a long period of time.
The contributions in this book focus on a respectful dialog with local people and a willingness to learn from new experiences on the part of the volunteer. Skills transfer from visiting personnel to local providers is featured as a means to enhance healthcare sustainability.
An appreciation of differing cultures, an understanding of the local economic conditions and challenges, and strategies for collaborating with the existing medical establishment are foundations of successful volunteer experiences as highlighted in this book. Dimensions of global health such as professionalism, religious beliefs, ethical dilemmas, traditional medicine, and alternative strategies for service are addressed by experts.
Written and edited by leaders in the field, many of whom have more than two decades of experience volunteering abroad, Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals imparts lessons learned to help the reader avoid initial mistakes, while making the global health commitment stronger.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mildred M.G. Olivier, MD FACS
Professor of Surgery, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science / Chicago Medical School
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Director of Global Health, CEO Midwest Glaucoma Center, PC
Glaucoma Consultant John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Hoffman Estates IL, USA
Clarisse Croteau-Chonka, PhD
And So It Begins, LLC
Chicago, IL, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Health and Volunteering Beyond Borders
Book Subtitle: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
Editors: Mildred M.G. Olivier, Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98660-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98659-3Published: 12 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98660-9Published: 28 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention