Bitter Medicine, A Doctor's Year in Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615874347 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Margaret Anton said Engrossing read!. As a Vietnam-era veteran, I found Dr. Eisman's book fascinating and compelling. His recall of day to day experiences is truly amazing. I could not put this book down until I finished it.. Mom of Many said Fascinating Vietnam / Medical Memoir. This book recalls an era that is fast fading from our collective memory. The author gives a first person look at what it was like to be a "drafted" doctor in the 1960s. He has to leave his young family behind and adjust to a medical and social culture that is totally different than anything he knows or expects. He finds humor where he can. Who knew that a description of the issuing of army uniforms could make me laugh out loud? I recommend this book to medical people and to those who want a view of wh. Zack Miller said Bitter Medicine, indeed. Decades later, our society has still not fully recovered from Vietnam. Dr. Eisman takes us back to the time as seen through his eyes. The ambivalence is palpable as he weighs his sense of civic responsibility and belief in America against the personal sacrifice and evolving realization that this was the wrong place, wrong time, and wrong war. The book is an amalgamation if his experience as a physician in the war zone, his observations of the impact the war was having on the soldiers, the local popula
Dr. Six months was served in Pleiku, and six months in Cam Rahn. He now lives in Miami Florida . Eisman, earned his MD at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He served two years in the army. Eugene H
He served two years in the army. He now lives in Miami Florida . Eugene H. Six months was served in Pleiku, and six months in Cam Rahn. Eisman, earned his MD at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. About the Author Dr
I would never have volunteered for such a traumatic experience, yet I can’t say, “I wish I’d never gone to Vietnam.” I believe this experience had a major positive effect on molding me into who I am today. On the other hand, I wouldn’t have given up the experience for a million dollars.”. In the words of a Special Forces soldier, he described this sentiments accurately; “I wouldn’t go back to Vietnam for a million dollars. I earned my “street cred” as an army doc during the Vietnam War. It is the story of leaving my family, my perspective of the Vietnamese culture, the politics, and combat seen as a young physician. My book is poignant and often humorous. But it is a personal story. We needed the humor to survive. As with the other physicians called into service, I was the unlikely soldier. , “Bitter Medicine,” recalls a disturbing time of great contention and bitterness