With healing hands
Subtitle: the untold story of the Australian civilian surgical teams in Vietnam
By: Gary McKay and Elizabeth Stewart.
Contributors: Stewart, Elizabeth, 1964-
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781741750744
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australia; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Australian; Vietnam -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
Description: Over 450 Australian civilian professionals volunteered and went to Vietnam during the war to help the civilian population. From October 1964 until the end of 1972, surgeons, nurses and other medical specialists from Australian hospitals volunteered to work in South Vietnam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-278) and index.