My lifelong partner in crime and now agent Alice Lutyens, thank you for teaching me the language of this new world and helping me over the hurdles.
Everyone who has ever worked with, travelled alongside or filmed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has come back with stories of how impressed they were by the organization. My friends and colleagues say that MSF stands apart from other charities in their view because there are no pennies wasted. MSF provides free medical care to people in desperate need in war zones, disaster areas and other utterly forsaken places, often where no one else is willing or able to go.
That’s why I decided to give them 30 per cent of the royalties from this book. They were happy with the idea and put me in touch with several very experienced current and former staff who have made generous contributions to the book, especially Dr Carl Hallam, who was kind enough to check over my medical knowledge whilst holed up in bed with a freshly broken back in his New Zealand home.
However, MSF do want me to make it extremely clear that any input here from MSF people is their personal advice and is not to be confused with the strict rules and procedures to be found in the official MSF handbooks.
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First published in 2011
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