Autopsy of war
Subtitle: a personal history
By: John A. Parrish
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780312654962; 9781429941044
Subjects: Physicians; United States. Marine Corps. Division, 3rd. Medical Battalion, 3rd; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Combat; United States; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Patients; American Personal narratives; Psychological aspects; Medical care; Veterans; Biography
Description: On the outside, John Parrish is a highly successful doctor, having risen to the top of his field as department head at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Inside, however, he was so tortured by the memories of his tour of duty as a marine battlefield doctor in Vietnam that he was unable to live a normal life. In Autopsy of War, the author delivers an unflinching narrative chronicling his four-decade battle with the unseen enemy in his own mind as he struggled with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.