Surgeon in the Raw
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Series: RAF & Military Aviation: War Stories, True Stories of Flight, and Survival
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ISBN10: 1861519664
ISBN13: 9781861519665
Publisher: Mereo Books
Published: Jul 27 2020
Pages: 578
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781861519665
Publisher: Mereo Books
Published: Jul 27 2020
Pages: 578
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As a young surgeon, David Jackson decided to walk away from his developing NHS hospital career to pursue challenge, travel and adventure with the British Army. Over the 17 years that followed, he got plenty of all three. He served on the surgical front line in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands and Bosnia and found himself dealing on a daily basis with the horrors and tragedies of war, looking after soldiers with appalling, sometimes fatal, injuries and using all the skills at his disposal to save lives and limbs. His unplanned return to the NHS and the reason for it is recounted, along with descriptions of the peacetime cases and situations he had to deal with. The fact that he never lost his sense of humour comes over very clearly in this colourful, moving and entertaining book. Warning: This memoir, written as it was at the time, contains strong language, images of violence and surgery and sexual themes. This book is available in colour at the cost of approximately 22.00. Click on the live link which says 2 New from 14.00 underneath the pink panel with 14.00 in it and purchase the 21.23 option.WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SURGEON IN THE RAW AWARD WINNING READ: 2021 B.R.A.G MEDALLION HONOREEHis service as an army sawbones included service in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, and Bosnia....much of considerable interest (The Battlefields Trust)Kept my attention rivetted....raw with emotion, wry sense of humour (Military, Friends of Millbank)...the horrors of working in makeshift military surgical units..., the pain and despair the breakdown of a marriage can inflict (Mid Wales and Shropshire Journal)Enthralling and hard to put down (Intelligence and National Security Journal)Saving lives and escaping death in wars and conflicts across the globe.....(Cambrian News)... nothing short of jaw-dropping ... one wonders how Jackson coped with it all .... A work of exceptional depth, clarity and, surprisingly, humour ... an enormously absorbing read that will stay with you for a long time. (Stretton Focus, April 2021)
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