Global Medical Missions Can Make You a Better Doctor
Volunteering can remind doctors why they chose this profession: to heal others, according to Dr. Robert Pearl.
Welcome to Angels in Medicine, the site that highlights the work of medical humanitarians. These individuals and organizations provide healthcare and alleviate suffering for vulnerable populations: the poor, victims of natural disasters and conflicts, and those unable to access quality care.
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Volunteering can remind doctors why they chose this profession: to heal others, according to Dr. Robert Pearl.
For Direct Relief, which delivers donated medicine and medical supplies for people in Yemen and Sudan – two of the world’s most troubled and impoverished countries – avoiding the Red Sea is not an option.
Los Angeles County is using occupational therapists to help formerly homeless residents with disabilities transition to permanent supportive housing and develop skills to live indoors, preventing evictions and returns to homelessness.
Beast Philanthropy has taken on a medical challenge: funding Operation Smile to repair cleft palates in children living in Puebla, Mexico.
One volunteer’s experience of giving back at a free clinic.
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