Reconstructing Lives: Victims of War in the Middle East and MeDecins Sans FrontieRes

This book explores how the interaction between MSF staff and their patients contributes to the immense task of healing that awaits victims of war. It provides a holistic approach to rehabilitation that adjusts to the patients long-term needs,based on comprehensive interviews and field observations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press

This book aims to establish a more comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adapts to their long-term needs. Kovacic not only provides insight into the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation but also seeks to develop a new way of perceiving, respecting, and involving them in healthcare.

Based on extensive interviews with patients and MSF staff, as well as extended field observations, Reconstructing Lives follows Syrian and Iraqi war-injured civilians on their journey to recovery. From their improvised medical treatment in their home countries to the MSF-run hospital in Amman, Jordan, to their return home, Kovacic explores how individuals attempt to pick up the pieces of their previous lives, add new elements from their treatment and travel experiences, and ultimately establish a new reconstructed reality.

The book explores how the interaction between MSF staff and their patients contributes to the immense task of healing that awaits victims of war. The reader visits the intimate medical and domestic spaces that usually remain closed to the outside observer, spaces rich with human contact, perceptions, emotions, conflicts, and reconciliations.

This book aims to establish a more comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adapts to their long-term needs. Kovacic not only provides insight into the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation but also seeks to develop a new way of perceiving, respecting, and involving them in healthcare.

Based on extensive interviews with patients and MSF staff, as well as extended field observations, Reconstructing Lives follows Syrian and Iraqi war-injured civilians on their journey to recovery. From their improvised medical treatment in their home countries to the MSF-run hospital in Amman, Jordan, to their return home, Kovacic explores how individuals attempt to pick up the pieces of their previous lives, add new elements from their treatment and travel experiences, and ultimately establish a new reconstructed reality.

The book explores how the interaction between MSF staff and their patients contributes to the immense task of healing that awaits victims of war. The reader visits the intimate medical and domestic spaces that usually remain closed to the outside observer, spaces rich with human contact, perceptions, emotions, conflicts, and reconciliations.

Weight: 424g
Dimension: 163 x 241 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526161611