title: A personal account of a medical mission.
abstract: The author participated in a medical mission to the Philippines while he was a student in a family nurse practitioner program. This first person account of his two weeks in the Philippines details his impressions of the country, experiences with poverty, and the challenges of working with limited resources.
authors.affiliation: tunarn@aol.com
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Christman
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008493:Medical Missions; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011203:Poverty