An imperfect offering : dispatches from the medical frontline /: dispatches from the medical frontline. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Orbinski.
• Other Names: Orbinski, James
• Contents: Part One. 1. Stories are all we have -- 2. His beautiful eyes and my new shoes -- 3. In Rwanda, we danced -- 4. Searching for humanitarian space: MSF in Somalia -- 5. Afghanistan: no scars, no story, no life --- Part Two. 6. An undoing --- Part Three. 7. Refugees in Zaire: fear of what they know, fear of what we cannot see -- 8. The politics of being apolitical: humanitarian action in North Korea, Kosovo and the Sudan -- 9. Creating a world of possibility: the fight for essential medicines -- 10. Ummera: always we begin again --- Epilogue: what you can do.
• Publisher Details: London : Rider
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 431 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 361.26092; MEDICAL / Ethics; Humanitarian assistance; Physicians; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Human rights; Physicians -- Biography; Humanitarian assistance; Electronic books; Biography; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780091930325; 0091930324
• Related ISBNs: 9781846041020; 1846041023
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.