Working in a World of Hurt: Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in Warzones
Title | Working in a World of Hurt: Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in Warzones |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Acton, Carol, and Jane Potter |
Number of Pages | 266 |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
City | Manchester |
Abstract | This volume fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war by focusing not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal accounts by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medcal personnel from the major wars of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the authors uncover a spectrum of responses to what was often unimaginable suffering, which ranged from breakdown to resilience, from exhausted resignation to firmer belief in humanity despite the brutalities of armed conflict. |
URL | https://www.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7228/manchester/9780719090363.001.0001/upso-9780719090363 |
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