Biography & Autobiography Medical
Canadian Nurse in China
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1983
- Category
- Medical, Women
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887801051
- Publish Date
- Jan 1983
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
In 1933, Jean Ewen was a recently graduated nurse who couldn't find a job. When she was offered an opportunity to go to war-torn China to work alongside missionaries, she jumped at the chance - and stayed there for four eventful years.
Back in Canada, familiar with China and able to speak Chinese, she was sought out to go back - this time as assistant to the renowned Canadian surgeon, Norman Bethune. In her travels with Bethune, Jean Ewen met Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai and other Chinese leaders, and she saw history being made.
Forty years later, she set down the story of what she did, who she met, and what she saw.
About the author
Editorial Reviews
"What a story she has to tell."
Winipeg Free Press