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Where There is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook for Africa David Werner No preview available - 1993 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Where there is no doctor: a village health care handbook Macmillan tropical community health manuals |
| Author | David Werner |
| Publisher | Hesperian Foundation, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
| Subjects | Community health aides Medicine, Popular Medicine, Rural |
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