The Patient Was Vietcong: An American Doctor in the Vietnamese Health Service, 1966-1967

Author:   Lawrence H. Climo
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786478996


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 January 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lawrence H. Climo
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780786478996


ISBN 10:   0786478993
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 January 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction  1. Backgrounds: Theirs, Ours and Mine  2. Citizen-Soldiering  3. I Volunteer for a Special Program  4. In-Country: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)  5. The Central Highlands: Initiation  6. Ban Me Thuot: An Unorthodox Practice  7. Disconnects and Flash-Points  8. Mobile Trips Into the Countryside  9. Lamentations and Harmonies 10. Fault Lines: Honor, Trust and Caring 11. Fault Lines: Health, Truth and Integrity 12. This Story’s Coda 13. Returning Home and Moving On, Then Going Back Postscript Appendix I Appendix II Appendix II Appendix IV Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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about a healer whose remarkable and uncommon and humbling experiences in a strange land with widely different cultures leads to a self discovery that is both enlightening and satisfying. If you want to read an intelligently and passionately written book about a unique Vietnam wartime experience, this is that book. In it, you'll discover adventure, uncertainty, loss, humor, joy and above all else, discovery of human kindness and sacrifice --<i>TogetherWeServed.com</i>.


"""about a healer whose remarkable and uncommon and humbling experiences in a strange land with widely different cultures leads to a self discovery that is both enlightening and satisfying. If you want to read an intelligently and passionately written book about a unique Vietnam wartime experience, this is that book. In it, you'll discover adventure, uncertainty, loss, humor, joy and above all else, discovery of human kindness and sacrifice""--TogetherWeServed.com."


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Retired psychiatrist Lawrence H. Climo, M.D., was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his military service. He lives in Andover, Massachusetts.

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