Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change - Wall, Barbra Mann (New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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