A young physician-reporter chronicles the experiences of doctors and nurses in a besieged city, illuminating the passions, challenges, tragedies, a...
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Jan 02, 2010
Jeff
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A well written and well researched account of the events in Srebrenica, Bosnia from 1992-1995 as experienced through the lives of the handful of doctors present in and near the town. The doctors, many of them only recently graduated from medical school and none initially with trauma/surgery training provide medical care (along with volunteers from Médecins Sans Frontières) for the population throughout the Bosnian war. They work with sparse supplies, few medines and a spartan operating room of
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Dec 18, 2007
Glenn
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It is the gift of a fine writer, whether of fiction or non-fiction, to be able to place the reader…right there. So, that for however long you are reading, the outside world falls away, and you find yourself completely inside the experiences, thoughts, words of the actual people or characters inside a book.
Dr. Sheri Fink has done something along these lines, but by overcoming more difficult obstacles than most authors. For the story of the War Hospital in Srebrenica is not a story o More...
Dr. Sheri Fink has done something along these lines, but by overcoming more difficult obstacles than most authors. For the story of the War Hospital in Srebrenica is not a story o More...
Jan 29, 2011
Mansoor
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I heard about this book when NPR interviewed the author, and I thought it would be a great way to learn more about the war in the former Yugoslavia. The book discusses the war through the experience of one town, Srebrenica.
Fink did a great job researching the war. War Hospital explains clearly the history of the region, the politics behind the war, and the progression of the war.
She also detailed an interesting paradox that had never occurred to me. In the book, Fink d More...
Fink did a great job researching the war. War Hospital explains clearly the history of the region, the politics behind the war, and the progression of the war.
She also detailed an interesting paradox that had never occurred to me. In the book, Fink d More...
Dec 16, 2009
Meredith
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I found this book fascinating. I knew absolutely nothing about the conflict before picking it up (because I'm interested in medicine). I think it did a great job of showing how the conflict unfolded, how the players (including aid/relief groups) interacted to exasperate the conflict. Seeing how the doctors worked under increasing pressure and dwindling supplies was a testament to their resourcefulness. The main thing I learned was that I am not overly impressed with organizations like Médecins S
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Jan 22, 2009
Lotte
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These 4 stars are well earned by the author for her exhaustive research leading to this painstakingly detailed narrative of the meager Srebrenican medical community during a 3 1/2 year Serb assault against the eastern Bosnian city. I found myself occasionally wishing for a reprieve from the massive amount of detail, but also felt compelled to see it to the end and was grateful I did.
Jun 12, 2009
Dealing with Doctors withut Borders in Sebrenika up to the Serbian slaughter. The book itself became repetitive and I found myself unable to finish it. Focus of interest was the issue of the potention damage of humanitarian aid in the face of genocide when a powerful, military response my be the only effective way of ending the killing.
Mar 07, 2008
Kristen
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The author of this book came to SIPA with several of the doctors she wrote about. I sat with my mouth agape as they related their stories of saving lives in the midst of utter chaos and terror as Yugoslavia crumbled. I left and immediately started reading this book, and only put it down when the subject got too overwhelming for me.
The people featured in Sheri Fink's outstanding book are true heroes.
The people featured in Sheri Fink's outstanding book are true heroes.
Oct 04, 2008
Ryan
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An absolutely fascinating and well written book. I stopped many times to think about the nature of man, our political system and what I would do if I ever was in a situation like the brave people in Srebrenica. I'm not sure I could be nearly as brave.
Feb 28, 2009
Jonathan
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Absolutely overwhelming. The people in this book suffer more, and react more heroicly than I would deem possible ... or perhaps, sane.
Yougoslavia ... hospital with only doctors, and nothing else ... doctors without borders.
Read it!
Yougoslavia ... hospital with only doctors, and nothing else ... doctors without borders.
Read it!
Dec 07, 2008
I have not learned anything from the book. Simply because the book is about something I have lived through. I think the book is great. It is a true story about the siege and the fall of my birthtown during the war in Bosnia.
Jul 13, 2011
Abby
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It was a good book. Heavy and hard to read at times, but very informative and a good story.
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