Title:
How I learned to understand the world : a memoir
Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
First international edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781250266897
9781250794857
Abstract:
The late WHO advisor, co-founder of Sweden's Doctors Without Borders traces his remarkable career spent in environments ranging from an emergency clinic in Mozambique to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
General Note:
"Originally published in Sweden in 2017 under the title Hur jag lärde mig förstå världen by Natur & Kultur" -- Title page verso.
Contents:
Foreword by Agneta Rosling -- Introduction -- From illiteracy to academic excellence -- Discovering the world -- To Nacala -- From medical practice to research -- From research to teaching -- From the lecture theater to Davos -- Ebola -- Afterword by Fanny Härgestam.
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Genre:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Text in English, translated from the Swedish.
