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The following are some books you may find helpful and interesting when preparing for volunteer outreach.  If you are interested in purchasing any of them, we have provided information on where they are available for your convenience.

 

Please note that the following information is provided as a courtesy to those with an interest in humanitarian outreach.  The American College of Surgeons is not affiliated with these organizations or authors.

 

Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty and Global Service

by Edward O'Neil, Jr., MD

Available from: Amazon, American Medical Association, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

Caring for the World: A Guidebook to Global Health Opportunities

by Paul K. Drain, Stephen A. Huffman, Sara E. Pirtle

Available from: Amazon, Borders, University of Toronto Press


Come Walk with Me

by Melvin L. Cheatham, MD

Available from: Amazon, Borders



Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine
by S. William A. Gunn (Editor), Michele Masellis (Editor)

Available from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

Finding Work in Global Health

by Garth Osborn and Patricia Ohmans

Available from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Global Health Council

 

Green Parrots, A War Surgeon's Diary

by Gino Strada, MD

Available from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

A Guide to Volunteering Overseas

by Health Volunteers Overseas

 

Handbook for Short-Term Medical Missionaries

by Dr. Bruce and Michelle Steffes 

Available from: Amazon

 

Medical Spanish: A Survival Tool, Volume 1: History, Physical/Evaluation, Diagnosis

by Craig Alan Sinkinson

Available from: Amazon

 

Medical Missions: Get Ready, Get Set, GO!
by Dr. Bruce and Michelle Steffes
Available from: Amazon

 

Your Mission: Get Ready, Get Set, GO!

by Dr. Bruce and Michelle Steffes


Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man who Would Cure the World

by Tracy Kidder

Available from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

Performance Incentives for Global Health: Potential and Pitfalls
by Rena Eichler, Ruth Levine, and the Performance-Based Incentives Working Group
Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders

A Practical Guide to Global Health Service

by Edward O'Neil, Jr., MD

Available from: Amazon, American Medical Association, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

Primary Surgery, Volume One: Non-Trauma

by Maurice King, Peter C. Bewes, James Cairns, and Jim Thornton

Available from: Amazon

 

Primary Surgery, Volume Two: Trauma

by Maurice King

Available from: Amazon

 

Tropical Surgery

Edited by Ricardo Vitor Cohen

Available from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders

 

Turning the World Upside Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century
by Lord Nigel Crisp
Available from: The Royal Society of Medicine Press

 

For journal articles that may be of interest to you, please CLICK HERE.

 

And to see topics that have been featured in the ACS Bulletin, please CLICK HERE.