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Blogs, issues, thoughts about the medical fields in the US and the Arab World.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures- A Review
[The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Ann Fadiman ] The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down , by Ann Fadiman, is considered of the genre medical anthropology. I had never actually heard of this subfield of anthropology but it “examines the cultural, social, and biological factors that influence health, illness, and healthcare practices.” The author herself is not an anthropologist, she is a wri
Dr. Hoda Z. M. Amer
Nov 38 min read
Working at a Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt 2011-2013
Dr. Hoda Zeinab Amer at 57357 in 2012
Dr. Hoda Z. M. Amer
Jul 211 min read
FGM -Female Genital Mutilation
I nternational Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Feb. 6 It is estimated that over 200 million women/girls have...
Dr. Hoda Z. M. Amer
Jul 218 min read
The Arab American Brain Drain of MDs and PhDs
The US and the Arab American Brain Drain By: Dr. Hoda Z.M. Amer, co-founder, Treasurer of American Board Certified Doctors for Egypt...
Dr. Hoda Z. M. Amer
Jul 187 min read
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