| Description |
1 online resource (238) |
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Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving |
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Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Volunteering for the Vietnam War -- 2. Arriving in Vietnam -- 3. The Professional Strains and Moral Dilemmas of Nursing in Vietnam -- 4. The Rewards of Wartime Nursing in Vietnam -- 5. Personal Experiences in Vietnam -- 6. The Status of Female Military Nurses in Vietnam -- 7. Different Experiences in the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps -- 8. Factors Associated with the Year the Nurse Served in Vietnam -- 9. Leaving Vietnam -- 10. Homecoming -- 11. The Years Since the War -- 12. Coming to Terms with the War: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- 13. Lessons Learned from the War -- 14. Conclusions -- Appendix: Information on the Fifty Military Nurses -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women-members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps-who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and spiritually |
| Analysis |
Caregiving |
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Health |
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Medicine |
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In English |
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Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- Femmes -- États-Unis
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Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 -- Soins médicaux
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Infirmières -- États-Unis
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Infirmières -- Viêt-nam
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Military nursing -- Vietnam -- History
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Nurses -- Vietnam
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Nurses -- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Medical care
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Women
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Medical care
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women -- United States
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War.
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Armed Conflicts
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- General.
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Medical care.
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Military nursing.
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Nurses.
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War.
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Women.
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United States.
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Vietnam.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1283211890 |
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9781283211895 |
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9780812202977 |
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081220297X |
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