# Where There Is No Doctor by David Werner

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Where There Is No Doctor by David Werner and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a practical health reference for places without doctors and as a seminal work on rural public health and accessibility. No recurring criticism was raised.

## Why people recommend it

- Seminal work on rural public health (1 comments): "one of the seminal works about accessibility and rural public health" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485793))
- Good place to start (1 comments): ""Where There Is No Doctor" would be a good place to start." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46340752))
- Survival reference alongside the Bible (1 comments): ""Back to Basics", "Where There Is No Doctor" and the Bible are my SHTF books" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828464))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0333516524?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780333516522) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Where There Is No Doctor by David Werner", https://hackerapproved.com/p/where-there-is-no-doctor/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).