The Power of One: Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic
Sally Palmer Thomason, "The Power of One: Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic "
English | ISBN: 1496829166 | 2020 | 196 pages | EPUB | 313 KB
English | ISBN: 1496829166 | 2020 | 196 pages | EPUB | 313 KB
For thirty-four years Sister Anne Brooks, a Catholic nun and doctor of osteopathy, served one of the nation’s most impoverished towns and regions, Tutwiler, in Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi Delta. In 1983, she reopened the Tutwiler Clinic, which had remained closed for five years, as no other physician was willing to serve in Tallahatchie County. Starting with only two other nuns and regularly working twelve-hour days, Brooks’s patient load―in a region where seven out of ten patients that walked in her door had no way to pay for care―grew from thirty to forty individuals per month her first year to more than 8,500 annually.
Sally Palmer Thomason tells the powerful story of Sister Anne Brooks, beginning with her tumultuous childhood, the contracting and overcoming of crippling arthritis in early adulthood, and her near-unprecedented decision to attend medical school at the age of forty. Dr. Brooks’s remarkable dedication and accomplishments in caring for the health and well-being of both the individuals and the community of Tutwiler attracted ongoing attention and was often featured in national publications and media, including
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