Autopsy of War A Personal History
, by Parrish, John A., M.D.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312654962 | 0312654960
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/5/2012
A profound and unflinching memoir of a physician's wartime work in Vietnam and his forty-year struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Navy physician John Parrish served in Vietnam, an experience that seared him to the bone. In the ensuing four decades, Parrish became recognized as one of the most innovative physicians in his field, yet he was tortured by PTSD. Fighting the mental devastation of war, Parrish lived virtually homeless at times, visited veterans' shelters and fled his family while reliving his Vietnam experience in a series of harrowing flashbacks. Autopsy of Waris a soul searching and intensely personal journey through the world of war and recovery.