Body and soul: testimony of a military doctor

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Nicolas Zeller, medical colonel, served ten years in the French special forces, he was engaged in both Afghanistan and the Sahel.

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By: Franck Alexandre

Caregiver and officer, Nicolas Zeller speaks freely about this very particular reality of the military doctor.

This duality gives him access to the ailments of the body as well as to those of the soul.

With the Special Forces, in which he served for ten years, he takes us alongside violence and war and plunges us into the heart of a crucial reflection: What is a soldier? 

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