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DR. ROSS I. DONALDSON is a UCLA medical professor who works in one of Los Angeles's main trauma centers, specializing in emergency medicine and global health. He is author of several medical texts and has been a humanitarian in some of the world’s most dangerous places. When in the States, he resides in Venice Beach, California.
Journal Entry | p. 1 |
Prologue | p. 3 |
Swept Away | |
Swept Away | p. 9 |
The Rains | p. 16 |
Your Deed Is Your History | p. 22 |
Just Say No | p. 28 |
Little Buddhas | p. 33 |
Risky Business | p. 41 |
The Measure of Things | p. 47 |
The Lassa Ward | |
First Fee | p. 55 |
Dr. Conteh | p. 61 |
The Lassa Ward | p. 69 |
Technical Difficulties | p. 76 |
God's Will | p. 81 |
Friday Rituals | p. 89 |
A Foreign Funeral | p. 96 |
Alone | |
An Unexpected Delivery | p. 105 |
Scarcely Taller | p. 112 |
Alone | p. 117 |
Twenty-four Hours | p. 125 |
Barely Medicine | p. 133 |
In Deep | p. 140 |
First, Do No Harm | p. 146 |
A Visitor | p. 154 |
Another Drop | p. 161 |
Finally a Doctor | |
More Than Medicine | p. 169 |
Borrowed Chips | p. 177 |
Heal Thyself | p. 185 |
Dots of Hope | p. 190 |
A Tiny Miracle | p. 197 |
The Growing Darkness | p. 204 |
One Last Day | p. 208 |
Finally a Doctor | p. 213 |
Last Rites | |
Seeds of Suffering | p. 221 |
Soggy Footsteps | p. 229 |
Part of Africa | p. 236 |
Homecoming | p. 241 |
A Familiar Face | p. 246 |
Technologic Dreams | p. 254 |
Last Rites | p. 257 |
Epilogue | p. 264 |
A Note from the Author | p. 267 |
Acknowledgments | p. 269 |
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