Working in a World of Hurt
Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in Warzones
Working in a world of hurt 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 Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal accounts by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medical personnel from the major wars of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Acton and Potter 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 d…
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Weitere Autoren: Potter, Jane
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-9036-3
- EAN: 9780719090363
- Produktnummer: 17718510
- Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H22.4 cm x B14.6 cm x D2.7 cm 478 g
- Abbildungen: Illustrations, black & white
- Gewicht: 478
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Carol Acton is Associate Professor of English at St Jerome's University at the University of WaterlooJane Potter is Reader in Arts at Oxford Brookes University
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