Get Dr. Therese Zink's Book, Mission Rwanda, for FREE on Kindle

February 12 - 16 only...   Be transported to Africa--FREE

Celebrating one month on Amazon, Mission Rwanda can be downloaded on Kindle at no cost and in print edition ​reduced from $15 between Wednesday, February 12th, and Sunday, the 16th. Click HERE for Kindle Click HERE for Print Dr. Ann McLannly blames herself for her niece’s tragic death. And after her mother dies, Ann volunteers with an international aid organization for a mission in Rwanda. It all seems the perfect escape until she finds herself in the middle of the Rwandan genocide of 800,000 Tutsis in a matter of 100 days. Ann and her companions embark on a harrowing journey to a refugee camp in Tanzania, joining the flood of Rwandans frantic to escape the killing. There, Ann finds love with a blue-eyed surgeon as they struggle to remain neutral in an increasingly convoluted world. As the threats become personal for Ann, she realizes she must take a side. Dr. Therese Zink is a family physician, teacher, and leader in family medicine and global health education. She established the Global Health residency track in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota to help young doctors make wise choices about how they practice internationally. Currently, she is a professor in the Wright State University Department of Family Medicine. Follow Ann as she navigates landscapes and cultures during conflicts that garnered little media attention when they occurred. The nuances and challenges of the international crises are revealed as Ann and her colleagues confront their own fears and moral dilemmas. Like the Global Health volunteers enmeshed with forces beyond their control, your adrenaline will pump and you will become addicted to the intrigue, romance, and the challenge of practicing medicine on unfamiliar ground.

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Family Medicine Colleague Zink Publishes Global Health Novel

Our colleague in Family Medicine, Therese Zink, announces the publication of her first global health novel. Dr. Zink is the author of several other books.

For your reading pleasure. . . 
 Dr. Ann McLannly Global Health books. The novels are created to entertain and to teach. The book (print and digital) is available through Amazon and will be free on Kindle for 5 days later this month.

The series follows Ann as she navigates landscapes and cultures during conflicts that garnered little media attention when they occurred. The nuances and challenges of the international crises are revealed as Ann and her colleagues confront their own fears and moral dilemmas.

Like the Global Health volunteers enmeshed with forces beyond their control, your adrenaline will pump and you will become addicted to the intrigue, romance, and the challenge of practicing medicine on unfamiliar ground. The first is:

Mission Rwanda
Dr. Ann McLannly blames herself for her niece’s tragic death. And after her mother dies, this young doctor volunteers with an international aid organization for a mission in Rwanda. It all seems the perfect escape until she finds herself in the middle of the Rwandan genocide of 800,000 Tutsis in a matter of 100 days.

Ann and her companions embark on a harrowing journey to a refugee camp in Tanzania, joining the flood of Rwandans frantic to escape the killing. There, Ann finds love with a blue-eyed surgeon as they struggle to remain neutral in an increasingly convoluted world.

As the threats become personal for Ann, she realizes she must take a side. Discussion questions are included. A portion of profits will be donated to organizations that work effectively overseas (that very likely is Mike and Amy's Soc Med. Coming Mission Chechnya and Mission Palestine.

To learn more, visit www.theresezink.com

The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman - chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field - gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. 

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