LEADER 04688nam 2200781 450 001 9910807963103321 005 20231020205045.0 010 $a1-78499-241-0 010 $a1-78170-896-7 024 7 $a10.7765/9781784992415 035 $a(CKB)4330000000005737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001599298 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16300894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001599298 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14816896 035 $a(PQKB)11647049 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001281025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4789563 035 $a(OCoLC)980815095 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59399 035 $a(UkMaJRU)992976574424701631 035 $a(DE-B1597)660466 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781784992415 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000005737 100 $a20181106h20162015 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#nnnuuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWorking in a world of hurt $etrauma and resilience in the narratives of medical personnel in warzones /$fCarol Acton and Jane Potter 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (x, 266 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0 $aManchester History of Medicine. 225 1 $aCultural history of modern war. 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-78499-242-9 311 0 $a0-7190-9036-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 'These frightful sights would work havoc with one's brain : First World War writings by medical personnel -- 'Over there' : American confidence and the narrative of resilience in the Great War -- 'You damn well just got on with your job' : medical personnel and the invasion of Europe in the Second World War -- 'It was a tough life and I did all I could to lighten the men;s burden' : British POW medics' memoirs of the Second World War -- Claiming trauma : women in the Vietnam War -- Crying silently : doctors and medics in the Vietnam War -- Fatal injury -- Conclusion: 'Shared experiences and meanings'. 330 8 $aWorking in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war by focusing not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal accounts by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medical personnel from the major wars of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Acton and Potter uncover a spectrum of responses to what was often unimaginable suffering, which ranged from breakdown to resilience, from exhausted resignation to firmer belief in humanity despite the brutalities of armed conflict. Organised chronologically, the book examines a broad range of writings and voices that have until now received little attention, including volunteer ambulance drivers in the First World War, POW doctors in the Second World War and medics in the Vietnam War. With a chapter dedicated to the recent narratives of medical personnel in Iraq, the study is highly topical and situates the life-writing from these contemporary wars within a larger tradition of war literature. Wide-ranging in scope and interdisciplinary in methods, Working in a world of hurt puts the letters, diaries and memoirs that chronicle physical and emotional suffering centre stage, many for the first time. These testaments to the torment of combatants also - crucially - bear witness to the harrowing struggles of wartime healers. Scholarly yet accessible, it will appeal to lecturers and students as well as the general reader. 410 0$aCultural history of modern war. 606 $aMedicine, Military$vBiography 606 $aMedicine, Military 606 $aWar$xRelief of sick and wounded$xPsychological aspects 606 $aWar$xMedical aspects 610 $a20th century. 610 $a21st century. 610 $aDoctors. 610 $aLife-writing. 610 $aMedical personnel. 610 $aNurses. 610 $aResilience. 610 $aTrauma. 610 $aWar. 615 0$aMedicine, Military 615 0$aMedicine, Military. 615 0$aWar$xRelief of sick and wounded$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aWar$xMedical aspects. 676 $a355.345 700 $aActon$b Carol$f1958-$01667710 702 $aPotter$b Jane$c(Lecturer), 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807963103321 996 $aWorking in a world of hurt$94027743 997 $aUNINA