Carol Acton

Working in a world of hurt

Trauma and resilience in the narratives of medical personnel in warzones

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Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. The writings by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medical personnel reveal the spectrum of their responses that range from breakdown to resilience. Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal from the First World War in the early twentieth century to Iraq in the early twenty-first, Acton and Potter put centre stage the letters, diaries, memoirs and weblogs that have c… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Potter, Jane

ISBN: 978-1-78499-242-2
EAN: 9781784992422
Produktnummer: 32341434
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 280 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'247 KB
Abbildungen: Illustrations, black & white

Über den Autor

Carol Acton is Associate Professor of English at St Jerome's University at the University of WaterlooJane Potter is Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University