Odyssey in the outback
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A British nurse describes her experiences of working in Wilcannia, Australia, a remote community of 800 native Australians. The social and medical problems affecting the local people, including alcoholism, domestic violence and drug abuse, are discussed. The need to make significant adaptions to the local culture is explained, and the effects of inbreeding in this small community are detailed. Some of the most challenging cases are discussed in detail, with particular reference to the possible impact of white, middle-class, western medicine.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Letter from Belgrade
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A nurse in Serbia describes what it is like to work in a war zone. The staff are angry that it is Nato which is bombing them and also, as the hospital is so near to government buildings, the hospital windows get blown out and patients and staff get covered in glass. Babies from the maternity unit have to be taken to bomb shelters and even dying patients have to be taken down. Not all hospitals are lucky enough to have bomb shelters.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Pregnant cause
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An infertility nurse outlines a typical working day at an infertility centre in Nottingham. She describes the pain of counselling couple's whose fertility treatment has failed and the pleasure of telling prospective mothers they are pregnant. She believes she is privileged to be part of the team which helps couples with fertility problems.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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