Bush Doctor
A memoir from the beautiful, rugged heart of outback Australia
$29.63
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2026
Summary
Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic landings, treating families in remote communities.
At a tiny, isolated hospital in central Australia, a paramedic arrives with a joey for babysitting, police help to bring in two men from a car crash, and a young man with heart failure doesn’t want a transplant - he’d rather stay on Country. Damien’s other job is with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Can they reach two badly burnt men in time …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761473630 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761473638 |
| Author: | Damien Brown |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 233mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Damien Brown
Damien Brown is an Australian specialist rural doctor. His bestselling first book Band-Aid for a Broken Leg recounts his experiences working for Medecins Sans Frontieres on the medical frontline in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan. He has now spent over a decade in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, in larger urban and regional Australian hospitals, and for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in far north Queensland. Damien currently divides his time between Cairns and Melbourne.
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