Life and death decisions with Lachlan Mclver

World Extreme Medicine Podcast - A podcast by World Extreme Medicine - Tuesdays

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In this session we will be interviewing Dr Lachlan McIver on his recent book, Life and Death Decisions, a memoir that combines Lachlan’s personal journey with loss of his father, working with international aid agencies, navigating war torn countries and low resource settings. In the episode we will be examining some of the over-riding themes, Lachlan’s reflections and some of his salient revelations from working in over 30 countries and regions. Lachlan specialises in rural & remote medicine, tropical medicine, and public health, and has a PhD in global health. He currently works as the Tropical Diseases & Planetary Health Advisor at the headquarters of Médecins Sans Frontières in Geneva. Lachlan’s work has taken him to thirty different countries, and he has published over forty scientific articles and textbook chapters. You can find out more about Lachlan here  https://drlachlanmciver.com/  https://twitter.com/lachlan_mciver