Good Medicine Hard Times

<i>Good ​Medicine Hard Times </i>is the moving memoir of one of the most senior-ranking combat physicians to have served on the battlefields of the second Iraq war. Former US Army Colonel Edward P. Horvath MD brings readers through the intricacies of war as he relates stories of working to save the lives of soldiers enemies and civilians alike and shares the moral dilemmas faced by medical professionals during war. Enlisting in the Army as a fifty-nine-year-old physician Dr. Horvath knew that he had a greater calling in life: to save the neighbor's kid-no matter who that neighbor or the kid might be. Over his three deployments he strived to do that amid cultural clashes insurgent attacks military controversy and the suffering of children caught in the crossfire. In his clear-eyed empathetic and unforgettable account<i> </i>he shows what it means to provide compassionate care in the most trying of circumstances always keeping in mind that every person he cares for is someone's child.