Abstract

IPINA-BIDAURRAZAGA, Aritz. Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and the healthcare workers of the Basque Military Health Services during the Civil War (1936-1937). Rev Med Cine [online]. 2022, vol.18, n.4, pp.365-375.  Epub Mar 20, 2023. ISSN 1885-5210.  https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/rmc.29549.

War brutality is perfectly represented by Hacksaw Ridge (2016) by Mel Gibson, as well as one of its contradictions: among those men who fight together, there are some who are armed and ready to kill, whereas others are unarmed and ready to snatch casualties from the death itself. Relations between front line soldiers and healthcare workers were not always harmonius, but they were put together under war circumstances.

Through «Hacksaw Ridge», and focusing on its main character, who is called Desmond Doos, we intend to analyze the front line personnel of the military health service of Euzkadi during the Spanish Civil War. Also, we want to identify in which healthcare personnel category Desmond Doss would fit within, which his role would have been, as well as with who other type of health workers he would have shared battlefield.

Keywords : Civil War; Basque Country; military health services; doctors; healthcare workers.

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