Women at war : the story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam
(1990)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
959.70437/NORMAN,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1990]
©1990
©1990
DESCRIPTION
x, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0812282493, 0812213173 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Outgrowth of author's doctoral dissertation
Volunteering for the Vietnam War -- Arriving in Vietnam -- The professional strains and moral dilemmas of Nursing in Vietnam -- Rewards of wartime nursing in Vietnam -- Personal experiences in Vietnam -- The status of female military nurses in Vietnam -- Different experiences in the Army, Navy and Air Force Nurse Corps -- Factors associated with the year the nurse served in Vietnam -- Leaving Vietnam -- Homecoming -- The years since the War -- Coming to terms with the War: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Lessons learned from the War -- Conclusions
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