Military-civic action: lessons learned from a brigade-level aid project in the 2003 war with Iraq.

The primary mission of the military physician assigned to a combat-arms unit is to sustain the unit's fighting strength through prevention, primary medical care, and trauma resuscitation. Technical and organizational details of civic action assistance are not emphasized routinely during training. Real-world deployment, however, presents challenges approachable only with flexibility and improvisation.

Job satisfaction among male physicians: perspective from Northern Iraq.

Objective: To determine the level of job satisfaction among male physicians in northern Iraq.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Three public hospitals in the cities of Erbil and Kirkuk in northern Iraq, from May to June 2004.