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| Type: | Thesis |
| Title: | 'Nothing new to medical science' : the construction of war neurosis and the life course outcomes of WW2 veterans / John Raftery. |
| Author: | Raftery, John |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| School/Discipline: | Dept. of Public Health |
| Abstract: | Documents and evaluates the experiences and life outcomes of a sample of WW2 veterans against a background of ideas about the neuroses of war, thereby examining the history of medical ideas about the psychological casualties of war, and the history of the lives of participants of war. The medical framework and social context that underpin the construction of war experience is critically examined in this thesis. |
| Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Public Health, 2000 |
| Subject: | War neuroses. Post-traumatic stress disorder Australia. World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Australia World War, 1939-1945 Psychological aspects. |
| Description: | Bibliography: leaves 385-417. x, 417 leaves : ill. (some col.), [1] col. map ; 30 cm. |
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