The Physician-Soldier: Death, War, and Service in the Military-Industrial Complex

This thesis aims to analyze and comprehend the role of physician-soldiers within combat and wartime settings by examining their navigation within institutions like the US military. I endeavor to shed light on military doctors’ relationship to death, duty, and the pursuit of healing within an environment characterized by both killing and surveillance. What happens when this balance of fealty and care is violated, leaving an imprint on one’s moral code and mental well-being? Weapons of war have changes, and so too has the role of the physician-soldier.

Author

• Nennmann, Avery

Language

• English

Keyword

• Medics
• Physician-Soldier
• War
• Drone Warfare
• Military Medicine

Date created

• 2024

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Anthropology

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Wagner, Sarah

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/0z708x26r