Combat stressors and post-traumatic stress in deployed military healthcare professionals: An integrative review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Gibbons, Susanne W ^a   Hickling, Edward J ^b   Watts, Dorraine D ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat stress; Integrative review; Military healthcare provider; Nursing; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 83855162919     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05708.x     Document Type: Review

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