A Hundred Thousand Orphans vividly documents the war and orphanage environments experienced by thousands of traumatized Eritrean children and the long-term consequences of their unique education.
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Peter H. Wolff, MD (Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine), a renowned research psychiatrist and humanitarian, retired from positions as Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate in Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He was a founding member of the Institutional Review Board at Boston Children’s Hospital, on which he served for 35 years. Wolff is the recipient of many awards, an Honorary Degree, and author of approximately 150 publications.
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