The zombie curse : a doctor's 25-year journey into the heart of the AIDS epidemic in Haiti / Arthur M. Fournier, with Daniel Herlihy.

  • Fournier, Arthur M. (Arthur Michael), 1947-
Date:
[2006], ©2006
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

xxi, 313 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Paul Farmer -- Preface -- pt. 1. The curse descends -- Boat people -- Morts et mystères -- Régis -- Blood brothers -- Zombie -- Revelations -- Sainthood -- Guinen -- Danse macabre -- Mother and child -- Lespwa (hope) -- Anniversary -- Physician, heal thyself -- Ninja -- All good things -- pt. 2. Secrets revealed -- Titid -- Port-au-Prince -- Cité Soleil -- Lost -- Secrets of the zombie curse -- Medishare, Inc. -- House calls -- Dèyè mòn gen mòn -- Tom's world -- Exposition santé -- Close encounters -- Marasa -- Mambo -- Baptism -- Kay Medishare -- Orphans -- Protégé -- Benediction -- Discovery -- War and peace -- Au cap -- The reverse zombie curse -- Conundrum -- Angelik -- Bicentennial -- Postscript -- A poem for Haiti / Maya Angelou -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FEJ.735.AA9-10
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0309097363
  • 9780309097369