
War Doctor
Surgery on the Front Line
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Narrated by:
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David Nott
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David Nott
About this listen
The Sunday Times number one best seller
For more than 25 years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital.
The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of 21st-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal.
Driven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. But as time went on, David Nott began to realise that flying into a catastrophe - whether war or natural disaster - was not enough. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets.
War Doctor is his extraordinary story.
This audio edition includes an interview between David and Eleanor Nott.
©2019 David Nott (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International LtdCritic Reviews
"Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears." (Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt)
As a emergency nurse myself, his explanation of medical procedures was detailed enough for the novice to picture and myself to understand at a deeper level.
This was my first audio book and I can’t recommend it enough! I’m glad I listened to it and didn’t read as I feel it made the imagination aspect far more real.
War doctor
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This is a must listen book
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Amazing life work
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It's hard to believe that people like this exist in the world and is the definition of a hero.
A wonderful audio book.
Amazing life story.
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He recounts his trips to war zones in vivid detail and the love he has for his colleagues is undeniable. As someone who has also been to some of these war zones, I can finally see on words what I cannot describe.
A must read book.
Heart pounding.
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Extraordinary
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a window into another world
a challenge to how one lives their life
confronting
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Fantastic yet True Story
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great book
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Best book I’ve ever listened
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