Tug of War
With their allegiance to both the Hippocratic oath and military guidelines sometimes in conflict, how do combat doctors decide whom to treat?

The Producer's Story
Go behind the scenes in the making of "Life and Death in the War Zone" with filmmaker Dimitri Doganis.

Personnel Profiles
Five members of the 21st Combat Support Hospital relate their often trying experiences since filming ended in May 2003.

Images From the Field
View a gallery of production stills shot during the filming in Colorado, Kuwait, and Iraq.

Military Medicine
Through Time 
In this interactive, try to identify what you're seeing in medically related photos from the Civil War to the Iraq War.

The hour-long program is available to view online here.

Continuing Coverage
See ongoing reports on combat medicine in Iraq at PBS's "NewsHour" Web site.

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