Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune
- ISBN-10
- 0773538194
- ISBN-13
- 9780773538191
- Series
- Phoenix
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 479
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-01
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
- Authors
- Roderick Stewart, Sharon Roberta Stewart
Description
A biographical account of the life of Norman Bethune, detailing the story of his life including his career as a surgeon, his fight to eradicate tuberculosis, his commitment to establish a medicare system in Canada, and his communist ideologies, through considerable research and interviews with friends, family, former patients and colleagues.
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