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Name: War hospital
Author: Sheri Fink

Recounts the story of a handful of young doctors who experienced war, death, camaraderie, rivalries, romance, and moral decisions while trapped in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992.

First publish date: 2003

Authors: Sheri Fink

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