LEADER 03563nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910457380003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-21189-0 010 $a9786613211897 010 $a0-8122-0297-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202977 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051280 035 $a(OCoLC)759158265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10492024 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000545439 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11373610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000545439 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10559667 035 $a(PQKB)10919443 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441567 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3233 035 $a(DE-B1597)448940 035 $a(OCoLC)979748169 035 $a(OCoLC)987938329 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202977 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441567 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492024 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321189 035 $a(OCoLC)748533405 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051280 100 $a19900312d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen at war$b[electronic resource] $ethe story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam /$fElizabeth M. Norman 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc1990 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in health, illness, and caregiving 300 $aOutgrowth of author's doctoral dissertation. 300 $a"S.S. Repose Sanctuary"--T.p. 311 $a0-8122-1317-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-206) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Volunteering for the Vietnam War -- $t2. Arriving in Vietnam -- $t3. The Professional Strains and Moral Dilemmas of Nursing in Vietnam -- $t4. The Rewards of Wartime Nursing in Vietnam -- $t5. Personal Experiences in Vietnam -- $t6. The Status of Female Military Nurses in Vietnam -- $t7. Different Experiences in the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps -- $t8. Factors Associated with the Year the Nurse Served in Vietnam -- $t9. Leaving Vietnam -- $t10. Homecoming -- $t11. The Years Since the War -- $t12. Coming to Terms with the War: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- $t13. Lessons Learned from the War -- $t14. Conclusions -- $tAppendix: Information on the Fifty Military Nurses -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aNorman tells the dramatic story of fifty women-members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps-who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 410 0$aStudies in health, illness, and caregiving. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWomen$zUnited States 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xMedical care 606 $aNurses$zUnited States 606 $aNurses$zVietnam 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWomen 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xMedical care. 615 0$aNurses 615 0$aNurses 676 $a959.704/37/0922 676 $aB 686 $aRR 55983$2rvk 700 $aNorman$b Elizabeth M$01039315 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457380003321 996 $aWomen at war$92461452 997 $aUNINA