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The Green Bag

Bennett Parnes, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(10):849-850.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THROUGH ALL my travels in Asia, the ambulance journey in western Cambodia between Sisophon and Siem Reap was one of the most uncomfortable rides I had ever experienced. The uneven dirt road resembled a horse trail for long stretches, even though maps of the area indicated that it was a major highway. I sat on a cushioned seat in the rear of the vehicle and was forced to continually grip the bars above the windows to avoid injury.

Considering what I was experiencing, I could only imagine how miserable this must have been for K.S., the patient I was attending. He was a 70- to 80-year-old (various documents reported different ages) Cambodian Buddhist monk with a left hemiparesis from a past stroke. Yet he seemed indifferent to the road conditions, in spite of being thrown from his stretcher, hitting his head several times. He insisted on sitting for most of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]


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American Refugee Committee Aranyaprathet, Thailand






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