The Oath

Khassan Baiev

About this book

Dr. Khassan Baiev describes his experiences after leaving a promising surgical career in Moscow in 1994 to provide medical services to the people of Chechnya which was under attack by Russian troops, discussing how he managed with poor facilities and few supplies, as well as the constant threat of execution by the Russians.

Subjects

  • biographies
  • biography
  • chechen personal narratives
  • chechni︠a︡ (russia) civil war, 1994-
  • chirurg
  • chirurgiens
  • general surgery
  • histoire
  • history
  • military medicine
  • récits personnels tchétchènes
  • surgeons
  • unabhängigkeitskrieg (1994-1997)
  • war
  • warfare