Vietnam War nurses : personal accounts of 18 Americans / Patricia Rushton.
- Rushton, Patricia
- Date:
- [2013]
- Books
About this work
Description
"Eighteen nurses who served in the United States military nurse corps present their personal accounts in this book. They represent all military branches and both genders. They speak of patriotism, belief in a greater power, the gaining of knowledge about the nursing profession and themselves, of persecution and discrimination, of travel and the adventure of friendship and love"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Physical description
v, 187 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
Contents
Elizabeth R. Barker -- Catherine (Kay) M. Bauer -- Lou Ellen Bell -- Karen Born -- Mary Breed -- Linda Caldwell -- Alene B. Duerk -- Merlan Owen Ellis -- Lois Gay -- Sandra Kirkpatrick Holmes -- Lynn Calmes Kohl -- Mitchel A. McDonald -- Mary Lou Ostergren-Bruner -- Ruth E. Purinton -- Maria V. Rossi -- Mary Ellen Warne -- Harry A. Wesche -- Odette P. Willis.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (page 183) and index.
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975Medical care
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975Personal narratives, American
- Military nursingUnited StatesHistory20th century
- Military nursingVietnamHistory20th century
- Nurses
- Military Personnel
- Military Nursinghistory
- Vietnam Conflict
- United States
- United StatesArmed ForcesNursesBiography
- United States. Army Nurse Corps
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineCBXL.2282.AA9Open shelves
Permanent link
Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780786473526
- 0786473525