PORTLAND, Ore., March 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- As a physician and scholar, Janice R. Stevens, M.D., has used her knowledge to help citizens in worlds beyond her own. She describes the powerful experiences she has had in distant locations in her new book, GO! Work, Travel & People in the Third World (now available through AuthorHouse).
Stevens' work on several continents has brought her medical knowledge to many foreign countries, and her vivid accounts of her travels bring the wisdom she has garnered to readers. Her interactions with people, especially women, offer a fascinating firsthand account by an American-trained doctor of healing traditions, practices and lifestyles.
From the office of the Dalai Lama's personal physician in the mountains of India to a psychiatric hospital in the Caribbean, Stevens introduces readers to many intriguing people. She writes about the problems of women in East Africa, whose freedom is determined by the men in their lives. The ravages of AIDS are seen through the eyes of those who are infected. Stevens describes women who are Buddhist nuns in northern India and the extraordinary people she met in Shanghai and Beijing. In this thought-provoking chronicle, readers meet nurses in Africa and in North Indian villages, learn about a young American woman in an Indian ashram who attained enlightenment with a renowned Buddhist spiritual leader and discover how villagers in Nepal deal with destructive locusts in their wheat fields.
This accomplished physician's experiences are brought to westerners in what could be described as a travelogue of humanity. GO! Work, Travel & People in the Third World is a collection of true stories that activates dormant wanderlust and inspires readers to contribute to the lives of people in places far from their own.
Stevens is a neurologist and psychiatrist who has been a professor of both specialties at several medical institutions. Known best for her work in epilepsy and schizophrenia, she has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and books. The mother of two doctors and the wife of a professor emeritus of economics, Stevens is professor emeritus at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.
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