Working in a World of Hurt - Trauma Resilience in Narratives of Medical Personnel in Warzones

Informationen zum Autor Carol Acton is Associate Professor of English at St Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo Jane Potter is Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University Klappentext Focuses on doctors and nurses in wartime casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps Zusammenfassung Focuses on doctors and nurses in wartime casualty clearing stations! hospitals and prison camps -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. 'These frightful sights would work havoc with one's brain': First World War writings by medical personnel2. 'Over There': American confidence and the narrative of resilience in the Great War 3. 'You damn well just got on with your job': medical personnel and the invasion of Europe in the Second World War4. 'It was a tough life and I did all I could to lighten the men's burden': British P.O.W. medics' memoirs of the Second World War 5. Claiming trauma: Women in the Vietnam War6. Crying silently: doctors and medics in the Vietnam War 7. Fatal InjuryConclusion BibliographyIndex

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• Autori: Carol Acton, Carol Potter Acton, Acton Carol, Jane Potter, Potter Jane
• Con la collaborazione di: Bertrand Taithe (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9780719090363
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9036-3
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Cultural History of Modern War; Cultural History of Modern War
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Imbarcazioni, aerei e veicoli militari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, 21st Century, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, General and world history, Modern warfare