Living in emergency : stories of Doctors Without Borders /

Living in emergency : stories of Doctors Without Borders /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Boston, MA : American Public Television, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (55 min.).
Language:English
Series:Current affairs in video
Subject:
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
Medical care -- Africa.
Humanitarian assistance -- Africa.
Medical assistance -- Africa.
War relief -- Africa.
Physicians -- Africa.
Altruism -- Africa.
Social responsibility -- Africa.
Medical care.
Medical assistance.
War relief.
Humanitarian assistance.
Altruism.
Humanitarian assistance.
Medical assistance.
Medical care.
Physicians.
War relief.
Africa.
Africa.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13623824
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Other authors / contributors:Hopkins, Mark (Mark N.)
Red Floor Pictures (Firm)
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Title from resource description page (viewed May 9, 2014).
This edition in French and English with English subtitles.
Summary:Filmed in the war-zones of Liberia and Congo with unprecedented access to the field operations of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Living in Emergency follows four volunteer doctors as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. Two volunteers are new recruits: a 26 year-old Australian doctor stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon struggling to cope under the load of emergency cases in a shattered capital city. Two others are experienced field hands: a dynamic Head of Mission, valiantly trying to keep morale high and tensions under control, and an exhausted veteran, who has seen too much horror and wants out. Amidst the chaos, each volunteer must confront the severe challenges of the work, the tough choices, and the limits of their own idealism.

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