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Humanitarienne: A Doctor's Stories from the Conflict Zone
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ISBN13: 9781771624862
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Pages: 296
Language: English
The inspiring memoir of a bold, brave global health expert--a pioneering woman working in some of the world's most volatile places.
As a physician and public health specialist, Kirsten Johnson has led missions in conflict zones, disaster-stricken regions and underserved communities. In Humanitarienne, she traces how a strict childhood marked by trauma pushed her to seek independence early. Living in a punk flop house while trying to finish high school was the unlikely turning point in a life that would be shaped by curiosity, resilience and a commitment to others. Over the years, Dr. Johnson completed medical school, received her Masters in Public Health from Harvard, studied tropical medicine and eventually brought her skills into some of the world's most precarious settings.
In vivid, unsentimental prose, Johnson recounts a career forged in war-torn and disaster-affected regions: building mental health programs in Liberia, documenting atrocities in Darfur, delivering care in Canada's North, and training doctors in Beirut. Along the way, she confronts the inequities embedded in humanitarian systems--and sets out to fix them.
It is a story of hard-earned transformation and unwavering commitment: a girl who once felt she belonged nowhere becoming a woman who has built a life of purpose everywhere, defined not by where she came from but by changes she has helped create. Informed by courage and a touch of rebellious spirit, Humanitarienne is essential reading for anyone drawn to international work, social justice, or the ways in which people are shaped by--and in turn shape--the world around them.
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