Imperfect Offering : Dispatches from the Medical Frontline

from whitewavedarling

Passionate, worthwhile, and necessary, this book comes from the perspective of a doctor directly involved with all of the issues he presents. Orbinski's book is by far the most accessible, intelligent, and nuanced look into Humanitarian Aid that I've come across. The work is without political bia...

from bookalover89

An Imperfect Offering is one of those rare books that not only breaks your heart but puts it back together again and at the same time, inspires you. Dr. James Orbinski has experienced the horrors of war, famine and genocide. Despite that, he writes about the ordinary people he's either treaded or...

from dragon25a

James Orbinski renders a painful but in some ways uplifting picture of his personal experiences with attending to individuals catastrophically injured both physically and mentally by the political wars in Africa. Be prepared to experience tertiary trauma. The uplifting part of this book is the fa...

from Stbalbach

An Imperfect Offering is written by Dr. Orbinski, who is the former president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a humanitarian relief organization similar to the Red Cross which provides medical care in war zones - in fact MSF's founders were originally with the Red Cross when they broke away and...

from whitewavedarling

Passionate, worthwhile, and necessary, this book comes from the perspective of a doctor directly involved with all of the issues he presents. Orbinski's book is by far the most accessible, intelligent, and nuanced look into Humanitarian Aid that I've come across. The work is without political bia...