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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876866803321

Titolo

War and health : lessons from the Gulf War / / edited by Harry Lee and Edgar Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

1-280-90092-X

9786610900923

0-470-51236-9

0-470-51237-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeH. A (Harry Andre)

JonesEdgar <1953->

Disciplina

616.85/212

Soggetti

Persian Gulf syndrome

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Veterans - Mental health

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Psychological aspects

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Health aspects

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Veterans - Diseases

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Post-combat disorders : the Boer War to the Gulf / Edgar Jones -- Causation / Harry Lee -- Is GWS about more than the Gulf War? : an anthropological approach to the illness / Susie Kilshaw -- Combat stress (the ex-services mental welfare society), veterans and psychological trauma / Keron Fletcher -- Clinical outcomes / Harry Lee.

Sommario/riassunto

War and Health: Lessons from the Gulf War summarises 14 years of scientific and medical research into 'Gulf War Syndrome'. It sets the record straight and promotes more informed dialogue between public, media, politicians and medicine. The book concludes that the syndrome has no causal basis and there is no specific Gulf-related illness. Based on published findings and the contributors' own clinical experience, the book explores both causality and outcomes. It describes the issues that have promulgated the concept of 'Gulf War Syndrome' and looks at the



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