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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 1/2010

01-01-2010

War Surgery: Working with Limited Resources in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence, by Christos Giannou and Marco Baldan

ICRC, Geneva, 2009, Volume 1, 351 pp., Illus., Photos, Including Multimedia CD-ROM, 21 × 30 cm, English, CHF 35. Also available at http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/p0973/$File/ICRC_002_0973.PDF

Author: Martin Schreiber

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 1/2010

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Excerpt

This book, written by Drs. Giannou and Baldan—two International Committee of the Red Cross head surgeons—was originally intended to be the 4th edition of Surgery for Victims of War. This book focuses on such broad topics as the historical development of the ICRC, International Humanitarian Law, how to set up a hospital in a hostile environment with limited resources, triage, ballistics, and basic surgical principles of resuscitation and surgical management of combat victims, both military and civilian. The work obviously represents the wealth of experience shared by the authors. …
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Title
War Surgery: Working with Limited Resources in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence, by Christos Giannou and Marco Baldan
ICRC, Geneva, 2009, Volume 1, 351 pp., Illus., Photos, Including Multimedia CD-ROM, 21 × 30 cm, English, CHF 35. Also available at http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/p0973/$File/ICRC_002_0973.PDF
Author
Martin Schreiber
Publication date
01-01-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-0287-9

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