Robert Mamlok

The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China, 1937-1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Both before and during World War II, the Nazis restricted the rights of Jewish and communist doctors. Some fought back, first by fighting against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War and then by helping the Chinese in their struggle against Japan. There were, however, two rival factions in China. One favored Chiang Kai-shek (the nationalists) and the other, the communists--and 27 foreign medical personnel were caught between them. Amidst poverty, war and corruption, living conditions were poor and traveling was hazardous. This book follows members of the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps through the war as they became enemy aliens and pursued their work despite the perils. These doctors had a keen sense of public health needs and contributed to the recognition and management of infectious diseases and nutritional disorders, all the while denouncing corruption, inhumanity and inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781476675831
• ISBN-10: 147667583X
• Artikelnr.: 52529575

Autorenporträt

Robert Mamlok, M.D. is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. He is the son of one of the physicians who joined the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps in 1939 and co-founder of the Friends of the International Medical Relief Corps. He lives in Lubbock, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I: The Physicians' Fight Against the Global Rise of Fascism
1.
The Call of Spain: 1936-1939
2.
The International Medical Response of 1939
3.
The Call of China: 1936-1939
4.
The Journey to the Chinese Red Cross Headquarters Part II: The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China
5.
Political and Cultural Conditions at the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps Headquarters
6.
Medical Conditions in Wartime China
7.
Travel to and from China's Battlefields: 1939-1940
8.
The Forced Restriction of Healthcare Delivery: 1941-1942 Part III: The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Forces: 1943-1945
9.
The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma and India 10.
The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in China 11.
The International Medical Relief Corps' Epilogue: 1945-2012 12.
What Did the International Medical Relief Corps Members Accomplish? Appendix A: International Medical Relief Corps Timeline Appendix B: The International Medical Relief Corps' Memorial Dedication (September 1, 2015, Tuyunguan, China) Appendix C: Other International Volunteers of the Chinese Red Cross Chapter Notes Bibliography Index