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3.0
This is an excellent book about an alumnus of the school where I work who has made a significant difference in healthcare in rural Ecuador. The book not only tells the story of the two hospitals David Gaus has built, but it also looks back at the underpinnings of the Health for All movement.
Don't let the 3 stars fool you. For health activists, public health students, medical doctors, NGOs, and more, this is an excellent book about one very successful way to address the health divide in developing nations, and I very much appreciated from that respect.
As a reader, however, I wanted more of David Gaus' story. We hear the high points, but I want the story - how he fell in love with his Ecuadorian wife. What their life is like. Where their children go to school. How they handle the fact that they live in Quito but the hospitals are more than three hours away. Those kinds of people stories are what drives me to read. We get the overview about Gaus and his patients - but I wanted the emotional underpinnings in more of a narrative form, rather than paragraphs-long quotes.
Don't let the 3 stars fool you. For health activists, public health students, medical doctors, NGOs, and more, this is an excellent book about one very successful way to address the health divide in developing nations, and I very much appreciated from that respect.
As a reader, however, I wanted more of David Gaus' story. We hear the high points, but I want the story - how he fell in love with his Ecuadorian wife. What their life is like. Where their children go to school. How they handle the fact that they live in Quito but the hospitals are more than three hours away. Those kinds of people stories are what drives me to read. We get the overview about Gaus and his patients - but I wanted the emotional underpinnings in more of a narrative form, rather than paragraphs-long quotes.
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