Urgent Calls from Distant Places: A Doctor's Life-and-Death Journey to Rediscover Meaning in Medicine

In this riveting true-life thriller, a doctor flying out to frontline medical emergencies in Africa shares the daring adventures, victories, and heartbreak of trying to heal.

As a physician, Dr. Marc-David Munk never knew when his team's small plane landed in a remote spot in East Africa what he would find on the ground. He and his team-the famed AMREF East African Flying Doctors Service-had been summoned to treat health emergencies too dire for local care. Over his time as a volunteer, he f...