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The Dressing Station: A Surgeon's Odyssey
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The author has been a hospital surgeon, a flying doctor, a ship's medical officer and a battlefield surgeon. He has worked in places as diverse as Mozambique, Burma, America, Kurdistan, England and Eritrea. This book offers a vivid account of the various faces of medicine he has encountered.
Jonathan Kaplan has been a hospital surgeon, a flying doctor, a ship's medical officer and a battlefield surgeon. He has worked in places as diverse as Burma, Kurdistan, America, Mozambique, England and Eritrea. The Dressing Station presents a vivid, moving account of the varied faces of medicine he has encountered.
In a mixture of reportage, confession and exposition Kaplan talks about the practice of medicine and of its shortcomings, because medicine is not always benign or balanced. At its extremes it is a process of treating the casualties, for life is a war, and being a doctor is serving in that war. 'His account is born of two talents: to save lives and to bear witness. The result is a unique mixture of biography and reportage, both personal and clinical.
*Slight forward lean; corners a bit bumped; pages slightly yellowed; name and date on title page.*
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| Author | Jonathan Kaplan |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Picador |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2002 |
| ISBN | 9780330480796 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Fair |
| Comments | Slight forward lean; corners a bit bumped; pages slightly yellowed; name and date on title page. |
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