Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

As long as humans have lived together on the planet there have been wars, andinjured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars across the globe with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring people back from ever closer encounters with death. But how do we do it, and what happens next? Mixing vivid and compelling stories of unexpected survival with astonishing insights into the frontline of medicine, this book is about how far we have come in saving, healing and restoring the human body. But what are the costs involved in this hardest of journeys back from the brink?

Medicine, Military --- War wounds --- Veterans --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 --- -War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- Medical care of veterans --- Veterans' benefits --- Veterans' rights --- War injuries --- Surgery, Military --- Wounds and injuries --- War casualties --- Military medicine --- Medicine --- Medicine, Naval --- Military hospitals --- Military hygiene --- War --- Treatment. --- Medical care. --- Medical aspects --- Relief of sick and wounded --- -Afghan War, 2001 --- Afghan War, 2001-2021 --- Afghanistan. --- United Kingdom. --- Great Britain --- Isle of Man