War and Health - Lessons From the Gulf War

War and Health: Lessons from the Gulf War summarises 14 years of scientific and medical research into 'Gulf War Syndrome'. It sets the record straight and promotes more informed dialogue between public, media, politicians and medicine. The book concludes that the syndrome has no causal basis and there is no specific Gulf-related illness.

Table des matières

List of Contributors.Foreword.1 Introduction.2 Post-combat disorders, the Boer War to the Gulf.3 Causation.4 Is GWS about more than the Gulf War? An Anthropological Approach to the Illness.5 Combat Stress (The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society), Veterans and Psychological Trauma.6 Clinical outcomes.7 Conclusion.Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Harry Jones Lee, LEE HARRY JONES EDGAR
• Collaboration: Edgar Jones (Editeur), Harry Lee (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 11.05.2007
• EAN: 9780470512296
• ISBN: 978-0-470-51229-6
• Pages: 166
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine