Reconstructing Lives: Victims of War in the Middle East and MéDecins Sans FrontièRes

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Vanja Kovacic

Reconstructing Lives

Victims of War in the Middle East and MéDecins Sans FrontièRes

Vanja Kovacic

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English

Manchester University Press
18 January 2022

True war & combat stories; Armed conflict; Medical anthropology

Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches

Reconstructing lives was written in an attempt to establish a more holistic approach to rehabilitation of war-injured, one that can adjust to the patients' long-term needs.

Characterised with this aim, the book is not only a description of the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation, but it seeks to develop a new way to perceive them, respect them and involve them in the health care.

The book follows Syrian and Iraqi war-injured civilians in their journey to recovery. Their journey starts with the injury, takes them to the MSF (Doctors Without Borders)-run hospital in Jordan where they undergo treatments, and ends with their return home. Throughout this journey victims of war creatively use internal and external resources to reconstruct their new selves.

By: Vanja Kovacic
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781526161611
ISBN 10: 1526161613
Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 18 January 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Anthropological research at Médecins Sans Frontières' Reconstructive Surgery Programme 2 In the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital 3 Patients and their history 4 Patients’ reflections on care at the Reconstructive Surgery Programme 5 Patients’ views on the quality of life 6 Reflection on the rehabilitation of civilian victims of war and beyond Epilogue -- .

Vanja Kovacic is a researcher at Medecins Sans Frontieres/Centre de Reflexion sur l'Action et les Savoirs Humanitaires (MSF/CRASH)