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Hope in hell : inside the the world of Doctors Without Borders / Dan Bortolotti.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2006.Description: 304 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781554071425
  • 1554071429
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.601 22 BOR
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Contents:
Introduction I Fixing Up the Humans 1 I Under the Angolan Sun 2 | Biafra and the Bumblebee 3 I We Don't Need Another Hero 4 | Doc in a Hard Place 5 | In the Yellow Desert 6 | Ugly Realities 7 | How the Other Ha[f Dies 8 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role 9 I New Fridge Syndrome i213 10 | You Can't Stop a Genocide with Doctors 11 | "Ours is Not a Contented Action" 275
Summary: An often harrowing account of the men and women who struggle to improve the lives of people in desperate need. The humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders (also known as Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and those who lack reliable health care. Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, and other professionals join locally-hired staff to provide medical aid in more than eighty countries. This book follows these volunteers as they risk their health and lives to treat patients in need. It also covers the raucous founding of Doctors Without Borders in 1971 as the first non-governmental organization to both provide emergency medical assistance and publicly bear witness to the plight of the populations they served. In 1999, the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.--From publisher description.
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Introduction I Fixing Up the Humans
1 I Under the Angolan Sun
2 | Biafra and the Bumblebee
3 I We Don't Need Another Hero
4 | Doc in a Hard Place
5 | In the Yellow Desert 6 | Ugly Realities
7 | How the Other Ha[f Dies
8 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role 9 I New Fridge Syndrome i213
10 | You Can't Stop a Genocide with Doctors 11 | "Ours is Not a Contented Action" 275

An often harrowing account of the men and women who struggle to improve the lives of people in desperate need. The humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders (also known as Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and those who lack reliable health care. Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, and other professionals join locally-hired staff to provide medical aid in more than eighty countries. This book follows these volunteers as they risk their health and lives to treat patients in need. It also covers the raucous founding of Doctors Without Borders in 1971 as the first non-governmental organization to both provide emergency medical assistance and publicly bear witness to the plight of the populations they served. In 1999, the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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