Modern medicine failed me in Kenya

Authors

  • Kathryn L Butler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v3i2.126

Keywords:

short term medical missions, idolatry, learning

Abstract

An account of the limitations of a purely medical approach to cross-cultural service, and the leaarning that occurs by listening to what care recipients have to speak into care-giver's lives.

Author Biography

Kathryn L Butler

Kathryn L. Butler, MD, is a trauma and critical care surgeon who recently left clinical practice to homeschool her children. She teaches at Harvard Medical School, and has contributed to the literature on surgical critical care and medical education. She and her family live in the woods north of Boston.

References

This article was published on-line 13 June 2016 at Desiring God http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/modern-medicine-failed-me-in-kenya

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Published

2016-11-08

How to Cite

Butler, K. L. (2016). Modern medicine failed me in Kenya. Christian Journal for Global Health, 3(2), 140–142. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v3i2.126

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): Educating for Health Globally and the Formative Years

Section

Short Communications / Field Reports

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