{"product_id":"the-lassa-ward-ross-i-donaldson-9780312377014","title":"The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoss Donaldson was an idealistic young medical student who gave up his comfortable life in the States to venture into Sierra Leone, a country ravaged by fighting and plagued by conflict streaming across the border from neighboring Liberia. In a hospital ward with meager supplies, Ross is in a race against time to find a way to care for patients afflicted with Lassa fever, a deadly and highly contagious hemorrhagic illness similar to Ebola. Forced to confront his own fears, he stands alone to make life-and-death decisions in the face of a never-ending onslaught of the sick. Ultimately, he finds himself not only fighting for the lives of others but also for his own. \u003ci\u003eThe Lassa Ward\u003c\/i\u003e is the memoir of a young man studying to be a physician, while making his way through a land where a battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases matches a struggle for human rights and decency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Donaldson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312377010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312377014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Ross Donaldson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981559628031,"sku":"9780312377014","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7ae2331-9c93-49e9-bddc-f97a70de18b2.jpg?v=1683256279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lassa-ward-ross-i-donaldson-9780312377014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}