Apr 15, 2012
THE PROPHET OF PENANG
During one of my early regular visits to the Far East, in 2004, I crossed over by bus to Johor Bahru, where memories of a distant night when I witnessed…
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Apr 15, 2012
Medical Anthropology in Paris The Cuban Connection
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Medical Anthropology in Paris- The Cuban Connection Soon after graduating from the Medical Anthropology programme in London, I was requested to give…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: MOPOTSYO.ORG OF CAMBODIA
I have been very lucky to have become involved in International Health at an early stage of my Medial Career. It was not something that was encouraged or looked upon…
Apr 15, 2012
THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA AND WHAT IS A JEWISH ENDOCRINOLOGIST DOING THERE?
I am very lucky to be associated with Maurits and his tireless efforts through Mo Po Tsyo (mopotsyo.org) to control diabetes among the less served and very poor in the…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: THE REMARKABLE PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH
These are some of the workers at mopotsyo.org an NGO which has success in empowering poor patients with Diabetes. watch the following videos to get an extent of the good…
Mar 15, 2012
RELATIONSHIP MORE IMPORTANT THAN TECHNOLOGY
RELATIONSHIP MORE IMPORTANT THAN TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO CARING FOR PATIENTS: A GOOD LESSON FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD When I try to talk to colleagues in the developing world…
Mar 15, 2012
A country eats well and traditionally and is not Fat: the case of Morocco
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE GASTRONOMIC PLEASURES OF SOUTHERN MOROCCO I distinctly remember, handwritten over a small Taco Bar/Resto in Merida, Mexico: To eat well, is not…
Mar 15, 2012
Homage to an Indian Patient of Ours: Patience does produce results
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE NEVER GIVE UP ON A PATIENT OF YOURS AND IN FACT ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR THAT MATTER. About ten years ago,…
Mar 15, 2012
THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR Until 1956, when Morocco became independent of France, the popular seaside town of Essaouira (very popular with Americans…
Mar 15, 2012
OCCASIONAL PLEASURES OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE
International Medicine has its own rewards most of which are not quantifiable. The satisfaction of helping others and also abiding by the true nature of the human idea of sacrificing…
Mar 15, 2012
Malacca to Phnom Penh: A Wandering Jewish Endocrinologist
The Wandering Jewish Endocrinologist, in anthropological parlance, The Other who has a Name.. in just a couple of days, so much happens, so much does happen in the course of…
Mar 15, 2012
AU REVOIR, FRANCE.. I WANT TO GO HOME
This morning the sun has risen and a bright morning is in store.. Just exactly one week ago, around this time, in Toulouse, a father took his two children to…