Where There Is No Doctor 2011
health guides
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Hesperian Health Guides
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Copyright © 1977, 1992, 2011 by Hesperian
First English edition: October 1977
Revised English edition: May 1992
Twelfth printing: October 2011
ISBN: 978-0-942364-15-6
The original English version of this book was produced in
1977 as a revised translation of the Spanish edition, Donde
no hay doctor.
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CAN BE IMPROVED WITH
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Library of Congress has already cataloged the 10-digit ISBN as follows:
Werner, David, 1934-
Where there is no doctor: a village health care handbook
by David Werner; with Carol Thuman and Jane Maxwell-Rev. ed.
Includes Index.
ISBN 0-942364-15-5
1. Medicine, Popular. 2. Rural health. I. Thuman, Carol,
1959-. II. Maxwell, Jane, 1941-. III Title.
[DNLM: 1. Community Health Aides-handbooks. 2. Medicine-popular works.
3. Rural Health-handbooks. WA 39 W492W]
RC81.W4813 1992 610-dc20
DNLM/DLC
92-1539