Doctors at war : life and death in a field hospital / Mark de Rond ; foreword by Chris Hedges.

Author
Rond, Mark de [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ithaca, New York : ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Description
xxi, 150 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Writer of foreword
    Series
    • Culture and politics of health care work [More in this series]
    • The culture and politics of health care work
    Summary note
    "Doctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond tells of the highs and lows of surgical life in hard-hitting detail, bringing to life a morally ambiguous world in which good people face impossible choices and in which routines designed to normalize experience have the unintended effect of highlighting war's absurdity. With stories that are at once comical and tragic, de Rond captures the surreal experience of being a doctor at war. He lifts the cover on a world rarely ever seen, let alone written about, and provides a poignant counterpoint to the archetypical, adrenaline-packed, macho tale of what it is like to go to war"--Publisher's website.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150).
    Contents
    • Hawkeye
    • Reporting for duty
    • Camp Bastion
    • A reason to live
    • Legs
    • Apocalypse now and again
    • Boredom
    • Christmas in Summer
    • A record-breaking month
    • Kandahar
    • War is nasty
    • Hell of a way to start your day
    • Back home.
    ISBN
    • 9781501705489 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1501705482
    LCCN
    2016036687
    OCLC
    956530314
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