Caring for Strangers: Filipino Medical Workers in Asia Romance than a dozen other practitioners

than a dozen other practitioners

The great Thai linguist William Gedney believed that “if all other information on traditional Thai culture were to be lost

physically and morally to any of us who experience war—whether or not a direct participant—and points out so well that what we tell ourselves about events in our lives effects our response as much as what actually happens to us

Focuses on local people’s varying perceptions of an international justice project

High Water explores the work of different generations of Vietnamese scientists as they engage with local and international efforts to conserve nature

Caring for Strangers: Filipino Medical Workers in Asia Romance than a dozen other practitionersBy Megha Amrith Caring for Strangers explores the personal narratives, experiences and aspirations of Filipino medical workers living and working in Singapore and beyond. Today, the Philippines has become one of the largest exporters of medical workers in the world, with nursing in particular offering many the hope of a lucrative and stable career abroad. This timely volume narrates their stories in a multi sited ethnography that follows aspiring