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Critics worry that short-term global health interventions are mostly ineffective, always ephemeral, sometimes harmful, and often illegal. Yet they draw huge numbers of professionals from high-income countries to places with fewer resources. In this provocative book, Nicole S. Berry illuminates a paradox: why the very conditions that trouble critics ensure that ‘DIY global health’ feels like a moral good to participants. * Claire Wendland, University of Wisconsin–Madison * Interest in acquiring international health experiences through short-term medical missions and volunteer tourism has led to critical questions about ethics, responsibility, white saviorism, and unintended negative consequences for receiving communities in Global South countries. . . . Berry provides a deep perspective on why people from the Global North see global health work as ethically important work. . . . In this unique and innovative analysis, [she] encourages scholars, practitioners, and students to reflect on their emotions in order to avoid undermining social justice and accountability despite their good intentions. * Ananya Tina Banerjee, McGill University *

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Nicole S. Berry is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Unsafe Motherhood: Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala.

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