Doctors at war : life and death in a field hospital / / Mark de Rond ; foreword by Chris Hedges

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466304503321
• Autore: Rond Mark de
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : ILR Press, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-5017-0793-0; 1-5017-0794-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 pages)
• Collana: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
• Altri autori (Persone): HedgesChris
• Disciplina: 617.9/9
• Soggetti: Surgery, Military - Afghanistan; Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Medical care; Military hospitals - Afghanistan; Medicine, Military - Afghanistan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Hedges, Chris -- By Way of Introduction -- 1. Hawkeye -- 2. Reporting for Duty -- 3. Camp Bastion -- 4. A Reason to Live -- 5. Legs -- 6. Apocalypse Now and Again -- 7. Boredom -- 8. Christmas in Summer -- 9. A Record-Breaking Month -- 10. Kandahar -- 11. War Is Nasty -- 12. Way to Start Your Day -- 13. Back Home -- Epilogue -- By Way of Acknowledgment -- Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: Doctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond tells of the highs and lows of surgical life in hard-hitting detail, bringing to life a morally ambiguous world in which good people face impossible choices and in which routines designed to normalize experience have the unintended effect of highlighting war's absurdity. With stories that are at once comical and tragic, de Rond captures the surreal experience of being a doctor at war. He lifts the cover on a world rarely ever seen, let alone written about, and provides a poignant counterpoint to the archetypical, adrenaline-packed, macho tale of ; what it is like to go to war.Here the crude and visceral coexist with the tender and affectionate. The author tells of well-meaning soldiers at hospital reception, there to deliver a pair of legs in the belief that these can be reattached to their comrade, now in mid-surgery; of midsummer Christmas parties and pancake breakfasts and late-night sauna sessions; of interpersonal rivalries and banter; of caring too little or too much; of tenderness and compassion fatigue; of hell and redemption; of heroism and of playing God. While many good firsthand accounts of war by frontline soldiers exist, this is one of the first books ever to bring to life the experience of the surgical teams tasked with mending what war destroys.

Responding to loss and bereavement in schools : a training resrouce to assess, evaluate and improve the school response / / John Holland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807724203321
• Autore: Holland John <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78450-229-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.9/37083
• Soggetti: Loss (Psychology) in children; Bereavement in children; Counseling
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Responding to Loss and Bereavement in Schools by John Holland; Introduction; Problems that can arise after loss; Religious and cultural issues; How to use Responding to Loss and Bereavement in Schools: Menu of suggested action; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Role of the School; The importance of planning and policy; Potential roles in schools; The importance of information gathering and communication; The Key or Golden Moments; Evaluation; When disaster strikes; Chapter ; 2 - The Audit; The pre-training quiz; Pre-training quiz answers; Evaluation of the questionnaires; Chapter 3 - The Exercises; Training planTraining key; General loss-awareness exercises; Exercise 1 - What makes a subject taboo?; Exercise 2 - Why is death a difficult or taboo subject?; Exercise 3 - Where do children get their ideas about death?; Exercise 4 - What do children understand about death?; Exercise 5 - The goldfish test; Exercise 6 - Euphemisms; Exercise 7 - Technical and complex language; Exercise 8 - Experiences of death 1; Exercise 9 - Experiences of death 2; Exercise 10 - Engaging with children about death; Exercise 11 - Misleading children; Exercise 12 - Different losses that pupils could experience; The Initial Responses to a DeathExercise 13 - Responding to the family after a death 1; Exercise 14 - Responding to the family: the caller's perspective; Exercise 15 - Responding to the family after a death 2; Exercise 16 - A letter of condolence ; Exercise 17 - A telephone call of condolence; Exercise 18 - The initial meeting with the family; Exercise 19 - When you need outside support; Exercise 20 - Children attending funerals; Exercise 21 - Parents, children and funerals; Exercise 22 - Children attending the chapel of rest; Exercise 23 - Informing the school community; The Medium and Longer-Term Responses to a DeathExercise 24 - Barriers to interacting with bereaved pupils; Exercise 25 - The pupil's return to school; Exercise 26 - Support for bereaved pupils; Exercise 27 - The 'ripple effect' after a significant death or loss 1; Exercise 28 - The 'ripple effect' after a significant death or loss 2; Exercise 29 - Help in the medium to long term; Exercise 30 - Warning signs; Exercise 31 - Bereavement policy and procedure; Supporting Bereaved Pupils: A Summary; Useful Resources; Bibliography; Untitled; Blank Page
• Sommario/riassunto: A complete resource to provide the best possible response to pupil and staff bereavement and loss in schools. Includes guidance on communication and the importance of considered whole-school support, audit and assessment tools, as well as a full set of photocopiable exercises for in-school training.