The fighter.
In this true story, an Eritrean man's wife rapidly becomes unconscious, and he tenaciously pursues a diagnosis and procures treatment. His personal struggle, juxtaposed with reflection on Eritrea's 30-year fight for independence from Ethiopia, highlights the power of persistence in the face of some of the most adverse conditions in the world.
Dugdale
Lydia S
LS
Yale School of Medicine, 800 Howard Avenue, YPB 3, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. lydia.dugdale@yale.edu
D017028:Caregivers / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D019017:Eritrea; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*