Sad Joys on Deployment

Greg Bruce

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AUSTIN MACAULEY PUB LTD
29 May 2020

Autobiography: historical, political & military; Biography - Australian

A civilian surgeon is taken from his routine practice in Sydney, Australia, and finds that military surgery in war zones distressed by civil war, humanitarian disasters and battlefield conflict is very different from the comforts of home and civilian surgery. This book describes:
* The challenges of military surgery.
* Surgery for combat wounds.
* Differences in treatment for friendly forces, enemy forces and local civilians.
* Conditions during the deployment--accommodations, meals, keeping healthy.
* Travel to and from the deployment.
* The good and bad, the satisfying and distressing aspects of immersion in a war-zone.
* Relationships with the friendly and unfriendly, the helpers and the resisters.
* Interaction between local civilians and visiting military.
* Military and cultural tourism.
* Adjusting back home.

By: Greg Bruce
Imprint: AUSTIN MACAULEY PUB LTD
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781528905909
ISBN 10: 1528905903
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 29 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Greg Bruce was born on All Saints' Day and educated in Adelaide, South Australia. He attended Rose Park Primary School and Norwood High School. He acquired his medical degree from Adelaide University in 1970 and moved to New Zealand for his intern years immediately after graduation. He remained in New Zealand to train in orthopaedic surgery and completed his last two years of training in the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, England. He then returned to an academic position in Sydney, Australia. Later, he moved into private practice. He was recruited into the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve as an orthopaedic surgeon in 1988, and this led to the ten overseas deployments that are the subject of this book. He reached the rank of group captain and retired in 2013. He received honours and awards during his service, including Membership of the Order of Australia.