Marc-David Munk on Emergency Medicine in Africa

Searching for Medicine’s Soul

English - March 28, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 80.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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Episode description: On this episode, Aaron is joined by Dr. Marc-David Munk, author of Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa. Dr. Munk discusses his travels to the Middle East and Africa, Christianity’s role as a trusted institution in places where government has failed, and how to bring the focus back to patients in the American healthcare system.