War and Health

Lessons from the Gulf War

H Lee (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2007
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-470-51229-6 (ISBN)

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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 historical background to post-combat disorders, identifying common features and factors that shape their symptoms and the explanations attached to them. War and Health: Lessons from the Gulf War provides primary care doctors, hospital physicians and medical students with an up-to-date understanding of the scientific evidence and fills a significant gap in the medical and psychiatric literature.

Harry Lee was professor of renal and metabolic medicine at Southampton University Medical School and for nine years was head of the Medical Assessment Programme for Gulf War Veterans at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Edgar Jones is professor of the history of medicine and psychiatry at the King's Centre for Military Health Research and has published widely on the subject of war syndromes.

List of Contributors. Foreword. 1 Introduction. 2 Post-combat disorders, the Boer War to the Gulf. 3 Causation. 4 Is GWS about more than the Gulf War? An Anthropological Approach to the Illness. 5 Combat Stress (The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society), Veterans and Psychological Trauma. 6 Clinical outcomes. 7 Conclusion. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2007
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
ISBN-10	0-470-51229-6 / 0470512296
ISBN-13	978-0-470-51229-6 / 9780470512296
Zustand	Neuware