A powerful, heart-breaking, surprisingly funny, honest and ultimately uplifting account of life on the medical frontline, and a moving testimony of the work done by Medecins Sans Frontieres and the extraordinary and sometimes eccentric people who work for it.Damien Brown, a young Australian doctor, thinks he's ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa. But the town he's sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts, surrounded by landmines; th...

Damien Brown, a young Australian doctor, thinks he's ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa. But the town he's sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts, surrounded by landmines; the hospital, for which he's to be the only doctor, is filled with malnourished children and conditions he's never seen; and the health workers - Angolan war veterans twice his age and who speak no English - walk out on him following an altercation on his firs...

The author of the bestselling Band-Aid for a Broken Leg comes home and discovers that being a doctor in outback Australia is at least as challenging as working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa.Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic landings, treating families in remote communities.At a tiny, isolated hospital in central Australia, a paramedic arrives with a joey for babysitting, police hel...

The author of the bestselling Band-Aid for a Broken Leg comes home and discovers that being a doctor in outback Australia is at least as challenging as working for Medecins sans frontieres in Africa.Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic landings, treating families in remote communities.At a tiny, isolated hospital in central Australia, a paramedic brings in a joey for babysitting, police bring in two men from a car cras...