Overview

The humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (""Doctors Without Borders"") 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 and in particular Biafra, Angola, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, and Indian Ocean Tsunami. This book follows these volunteer doctors as they risk their health and lives to treat patients in desperate need. Combining engaging text with dramatic colour photographs from around the world, ""Hope in Hell"" examines the lives of individual Medecins Sans Frontieres volunteer medical professionals. This is a fascinating and often harrowing account of the men and women who struggle to improve the lives of people in desperate need. The new material in the updated text includes their efforts after the Asian Tsunami, further developments in Afghanistan, and the Sudan and the controversial lawsuit by the Dutch government to recover the Arjan Erkel ransom payment.

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Reveals the human face of MSF. Bortolotti has captured the expats' varied voices and personal stories. -- Kate Bezar Dumbo Feather (Aus.) (08/01/2004)

Some physicians still do manifest the noblest virtues of medicine... a worthwhile read for prospective international aid volunteers.--Philip B. Berger Globe and Mail (10/30/2004)

Gripping... a solid read. -- Jennifer Prittie Quill and Quire (01/01/2005) Traces the history of the world's largest independent medical humanitarian organization... grimly poignant. Dan was in some of the world's most dangerous countries, chronicling the stories of volunteer medical workers. Meet a few of these extraordinary people and hear their stories... they really do bring a glimpse of hope.--Moira L. MacKinnon Hamilton Spectator (11/27/2004) Gripping... a solid read.--Jennifer Prittie Quill and Quire (01/01/2005) A nicely balanced book about this type of work/volunteerism that I've been curious about for years.--Norm Rooker Emergency Medical Services Magazine (08/01/2005) Inspired...What Bortolotti reports is noticeably absent from the daily headlines, so this eye opening account is all the more chilling.--Donna Chavez Booklist (09/15/2004) Authentic and inclusive... informative and touching.--Jerry R. Dwek, MD New England Journal of Medicine (12/30/2004) Goes deep... lays bare the intense philosophical struggles that animate MSF.--Carl Cavanagh Victoria Times Colonist (01/07/2007) Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushers readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities.--D.B. Hamilton Choice (07/01/2005) A gripping tale as it describes how the group manages to care for patients in the most inhospitable and dangerous corners of the earth... a solid read.--Jennifer Prittie Quill and Quire (01/01/2005) Goes deep into MSF, showing how it has become the go-group for rapid response... lays bare the intense philosophical struggles that animate MSF.--Carl Cavanagh Victoria Times Colonist (01/07/2007) Inspired... Much of what Bortolotti reports is noticeably absent from the daily headlines, so this eye opening account is all the more chilling, and MSF's efforts achingly more compelling.--Donna Chavez Booklist (09/15/2004) It is in the considerable space that Bortolotti gives to the emotions of the group's staff members that the book really shines... authentic and inclusive... informative and touching.--Jerry R. Dwek, MD New England Journal of Medicine (12/30/2004) Comprehensive picture of the essence of volunteerism.--Amanda Walters The Lancet (09/04/2004) All in all, I found Hope in Hell to be a nicely balanced book about this type of work/volunteerism that I've been curious about for years.--Norm Rooker Emergency Medical Services Magazine (08/01/2005) You will meet a few of these extraordinary people and hear their stories. In the midst of some of the worst hells on Earth, they really do bring a glimpse of hope.--Moira L. MacKinnon Hamilton Spectator (11/27/2004) Well written and filled with excellent color photographs that give the reader a realistic picture of the work these amazing volunteers undertake.--Dennis Lythgoe Deseret Morning News (12/08/2004) Emphasizes that much of the organization's work takes place not in war zones but in remote, impoverished locales.--Caroline Preston Chronicle of Philanthropy (12/09/2004) Some physicians still do manifest the noblest virtues of medicine... a worthwhile read for prospective international aid volunteers.--Philip B. Berger Globe and Mail (10/30/2004) Describes but never romanticizes... Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushers readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities not know by most Americans. Summing Up: Recommended.--D.B. Hamilton Choice (07/01/2005) Looks at the history, politics and motivations of MSF and its volunteers... analyzes the difficulties that MSF faces.--Tina Neville Library Journal (10/01/2004) Bortolotti interviewed hundreds of medical personnel who spoke frankly about their experiences... allows the reader a very honest look at MSF.--Alison Delory Medical Post (11/16/2004) A fine read, compelling in its story. Just the pages on its fight against malaria are worth a lot.--Jenni Mortin Saskatoon Star Phoenix (12/24/2004) Reveals the human face of MSF. Bortolotti has captured the expats' varied voices and personal stories.--Kate Bezar Dumbo Feather (Aus.) (08/01/2004)

A fine read, compelling in its story. Just the pages on its fight against malaria are worth a lot.-- (12/24/2004) A gripping tale as it describes how the group manages to care for patients in the most inhospitable and dangerous corners of the earth... a solid read.-- (01/01/2005) Bortolotti interviewed hundreds of medical personnel who spoke frankly about their experiences... allows the reader a very honest look at MSF.-- (11/16/2004) Dan was in some of the world's most dangerous countries, chronicling the stories of volunteer medical workers.--Chatelaine (12/01/2004) Describes but never romanticizes... Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushers readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities not know by most Americans. Summing Up: Recommended.-- (07/01/2005) Goes deep into MSF, showing how it has become the go-group for rapid response... lays bare the intense philosophical struggles that animate MSF.-- (01/07/2007) Inspired... Much of what Bortolotti reports is noticeably absent from the daily headlines, so this eye opening account is all the more chilling, and MSF's efforts achingly more compelling.-- (09/15/2004) It is in the considerable space that Bortolotti gives to the emotions of the group's staff members that the book really shines... authentic and inclusive... informative and touching.-- (12/30/2004) Looks at the history, politics and motivations of MSF and its volunteers... analyzes the difficulties that MSF faces.-- (10/01/2004) Reveals the human face of MSF. Bortolotti has captured the expats' varied voices and personal stories.-- (08/01/2004) Some physicians still do manifest the noblest virtues of medicine... a worthwhile read for prospective international aid volunteers.-- (10/30/2004) Traces the history of the world's largest independent medical humanitarian organization... grimly poignant.-- (08/09/2004) You will meet a few of these extraordinary people and hear their stories. In the midst of some of the worst hells on Earth, they really do bring a glimpse of hope.-- (11/27/2004) All in all, I found Hope in Hell to be a nicely balanced book about this type of work/volunteerism that I've been curious about for years.--Norm Rooker""Emergency Medical Services Magazine"" (08/01/2005) Comprehensive picture of the essence of volunteerism.--Amanda Walters""The Lancet"" (09/04/2004) Emphasizes that much of the organization's work takes place not in war zones but in remote, impoverished locales.--Caroline Preston""Chronicle of Philanthropy"" (12/09/2004) Well written and filled with excellent color photographs that give the reader a realistic picture of the work these amazing volunteers undertake.--Dennis Lythgoe""Deseret Morning News"" (12/08/2004)

"A fine read, compelling in its story. Just the pages on its fight against malaria are worth a lot.-- (12/24/2004) A gripping tale as it describes how the group manages to care for patients in the most inhospitable and dangerous corners of the earth... a solid read.-- (01/01/2005) Bortolotti interviewed hundreds of medical personnel who spoke frankly about their experiences... allows the reader a very honest look at MSF.-- (11/16/2004) Dan was in some of the world's most dangerous countries, chronicling the stories of volunteer medical workers.--Chatelaine (12/01/2004) Describes but never romanticizes... Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushers readers to the edge of a world of grueling realities not know by most Americans. Summing Up: Recommended.-- (07/01/2005) Goes deep into MSF, showing how it has become the go-group for rapid response... lays bare the intense philosophical struggles that animate MSF.-- (01/07/2007) Inspired... Much of what Bortolotti reports is noticeably absent from the daily headlines, so this eye opening account is all the more chilling, and MSF's efforts achingly more compelling.-- (09/15/2004) It is in the considerable space that Bortolotti gives to the emotions of the group's staff members that the book really shines... authentic and inclusive... informative and touching.-- (12/30/2004) Looks at the history, politics and motivations of MSF and its volunteers... analyzes the difficulties that MSF faces.-- (10/01/2004) Reveals the human face of MSF. Bortolotti has captured the expats' varied voices and personal stories.-- (08/01/2004) Some physicians still do manifest the noblest virtues of medicine... a worthwhile read for prospective international aid volunteers.-- (10/30/2004) Traces the history of the world's largest independent medical humanitarian organization... grimly poignant.-- (08/09/2004) You will meet a few of these extraordinary people and hear their stories. In the midst of some of the worst hells on Earth, they really do bring a glimpse of hope.-- (11/27/2004) All in all, I found Hope in Hell to be a nicely balanced book about this type of work/volunteerism that I've been curious about for years.--Norm Rooker""Emergency Medical Services Magazine"" (08/01/2005) Comprehensive picture of the essence of volunteerism.--Amanda Walters""The Lancet"" (09/04/2004) Emphasizes that much of the organization's work takes place not in war zones but in remote, impoverished locales.--Caroline Preston""Chronicle of Philanthropy"" (12/09/2004) Well written and filled with excellent color photographs that give the reader a realistic picture of the work these amazing volunteers undertake.--Dennis Lythgoe""Deseret Morning News"" (12/08/2004)"

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Dan Bortolotti is a journalist whose work appears regularly in books and magazines across North America.

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