Doctors at war
Subtitle: life and death in a field hospital
By: Mark de Rond ; foreword by Chris Hedges
Contributors: Hedges, Chris, writer of foreword
Series: The culture and politics of health care work; Culture and politics of health care work
Publisher: ILR Press; ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781501705489
Subjects: Medical care; Military Surgery; Military Medicine; Afghan War, 2001-; Military hospitals
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Hawkeye; title: Reporting for duty; title: Camp Bastion; title: A reason to live; title: Legs; title: Apocalypse now and again; title: Boredom; title: Christmas in Summer; title: A record-breaking month; title: Kandahar; title: War is nasty; title: Way to start your day; title: Back home.