LEADER 03810nam 2200649 450 001 9910822603103321 005 20230809223449.0 010 $a1-5017-0793-0 010 $a1-5017-0794-9 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501707940 035 $a(CKB)3710000001139561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4828782 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721080 035 $a(OCoLC)956530175 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57109 035 $a(DLC) 2016037076 035 $a(DE-B1597)492937 035 $a(OCoLC)1046608659 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501707940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4828782 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11367265 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001139561 100 $a20170410h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDoctors at war $elife and death in a field hospital /$fMark de Rond ; foreword by Chris Hedges 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cILR Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (175 pages) 225 1 $aThe Culture and Politics of Health Care Work 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-5017-0548-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword /$rHedges, Chris --$tBy Way of Introduction --$t1. Hawkeye --$t2. Reporting for Duty --$t3. Camp Bastion --$t4. A Reason to Live --$t5. Legs --$t6. Apocalypse Now and Again --$t7. Boredom --$t8. Christmas in Summer --$t9. A Record-Breaking Month --$t10. Kandahar --$t11. War Is Nasty --$t12. Way to Start Your Day --$t13. Back Home --$tEpilogue --$tBy Way of Acknowledgment --$tNotes 330 $aDoctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond tells of the highs and lows of surgical life in hard-hitting detail, bringing to life a morally ambiguous world in which good people face impossible choices and in which routines designed to normalize experience have the unintended effect of highlighting war's absurdity. With stories that are at once comical and tragic, de Rond captures the surreal experience of being a doctor at war. He lifts the cover on a world rarely ever seen, let alone written about, and provides a poignant counterpoint to the archetypical, adrenaline-packed, macho tale of what it is like to go to war.Here the crude and visceral coexist with the tender and affectionate. The author tells of well-meaning soldiers at hospital reception, there to deliver a pair of legs in the belief that these can be reattached to their comrade, now in mid-surgery; of midsummer Christmas parties and pancake breakfasts and late-night sauna sessions; of interpersonal rivalries and banter; of caring too little or too much; of tenderness and compassion fatigue; of hell and redemption; of heroism and of playing God. While many good firsthand accounts of war by frontline soldiers exist, this is one of the first books ever to bring to life the experience of the surgical teams tasked with mending what war destroys. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 606 $aSurgery, Military$zAfghanistan 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xMedical care 606 $aMilitary hospitals$zAfghanistan 606 $aMedicine, Military$zAfghanistan 615 0$aSurgery, Military 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xMedical care. 615 0$aMilitary hospitals 615 0$aMedicine, Military 676 $a617.9/9 700 $aRond$b Mark de$01656822 701 $aHedges$b Chris$01656823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822603103321 996 $aDoctors at war$94009905 997 $aUNINA