Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education Tapa blanda - 2007

Picador, 2007. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Picador. Good. 5.12 x 0.75 x 7.72 inches. Paperback. 2007. 288 pages. Cover lightly creased.<br>Surgery carries more individ ual responsibility than any other field of medicine. Jonathan Kap lan studied medicine in South Africa and, after working in a blac k township and being drafted by the South African army, he chose exile rather than serve the apartheid state. He travelled the glo be ... .

Picador, UK, 2007. Medium Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Medium Trade Paperback. 278 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 2007. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Surgery carries more individual responsibility than any other field of medicine. Jonathan Kaplan studied medicine in South Africa and, after working in a black township and being drafted by the South African army, he chose exile rather than serve the apartheid state. He travelled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing riots, tropical fevers, political upheaval and a jungle search for a lost friend. Kaplan landed eventually in Angola and took charge of a combat zone hospital, the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians, where he was exposed daily to the horrors of war. As a volunteer surgeon in Baghdad, he treated civilian casualties amid gunfights for control of hospitals, gangs of AK-47 wielding looters stripping pharmacies, and militant Shi'a groups… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.