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Into Africa :

Wall, Barbra Mann,

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical missions in context -- Nursing, medicine, and mission in Ghana -- Shifting mission in rural Tanzania -- Catholic medical missions and transnational engagement in Nigeria -- Transnational collaboration in primary health care -- Appraising women religious and their mission work.

ISBN: 9780813566238 0813566231 9780813572888 0813572886

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Missions--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Catholic Church.
Katholische Kirche.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Missions, Medical--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Medical personnel--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Women missionaries--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Medical care--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Medical care.
Medical personnel.
Missions.
Missions, Medical.
Women missionaries.
Krankenpflege.
Mission.
Nonne.
Krankenschwester.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine
MEDICAL / Atlases
MEDICAL / Essays
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine
MEDICAL / Osteopathy

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Ghana.
Nigeria.
Uganda.
Tansania.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA390.A357 / W35 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 610.690967