Kevin M Cahill

Gebundenes Buch

To Bear Witness

Updated, Revised, and Expanded Edition

Beschreibung

For more than fifty years, Dr. Cahill has been helping to heal the world: as a leading specialist in tropical medicine and as a driving force in humanitarian assistance and relief efforts around the globe. In this revised and expanded edition he chronicle

Autor

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., (1936-2022) was University Professor and Director at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University and the President of the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation in New York City. He was also a Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Molecular Parasitology at New York University and Director of the Tropical Disease Center at Lenox Hill Hospital. He served as the Chief Advisor on Humanitarian and Public Health Issues for three Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly and for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. His career in tropical medicine and humanitarian operations began in Calcutta in 1959; he carried out medical, relief, and epidemiological research in 70 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He wrote or edited 33 books, translated into many languages, and more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals on subjects ranging from public health and tropical diseases to humanitarian assistance, foreign affairs, Irish literature, and history. He held numerous Honorary Doctorates from universities around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780823255788
• ISBN-10: 0823255786
• Artikelnr.: 38079800