Nearly a century after the death of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), historians continue to debate her legacy. We discuss her seminal work during the Crimean War (1854-1856), the nature of these interventions during the war, and her continued impact today. We argue that Florence Nightingale's influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of modern nursing to the areas of in...

South Africa cannot fight the war against HIV and AIDS in isolation and alone. A country at the forefront of the war against HIV is Brazil, from whom valuable lessons can be learnt, despite the dangers of comparing HIV infections in different countries. This article explores similarities and differences between the nature of HIV and national responses to the epidemic in both South Africa and Br...

the history of mankind is intertwined with war. what distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to dominate and capture the nature; he accomplishes this though using his rationale and making tools which set the ground for production and accumulation of capital. to protect his benefits and accomplish his desire for dominance, man creates weapons which become more developed parallel to...

SUMMARY After a short reference to Iran-Iraq war as a motivating factor for the present study, the issues of battle stress and psychological wounds of war ar discuused. Reactions of the world armies 10 psychological breakdown of soldiers, military psychotherapy, therapy in combat zone and its developmental process through Civil war, Crimean war, first and Second world wars, Korean and Vietnam ...

OBJECTIVES To discover whether post-combat syndromes have existed after modern wars and what relation they bear to each other. DESIGN Review of medical and military records of servicemen and cluster analysis of symptoms. DATA SOURCES Records for 1856 veterans randomly selected from war pension files awarded from 1872 and from the Medical Assessment Programme for Gulf war veterans. MAIN OU...

abstract mohammad mehdi javaheri is undoubtedly the greatest arab poet of contemporary classical poetry. he came to iran several times and was astonished by its beauty. this led to describe the nature of iran. but this part of his poetry, like his other poems, has not been considered by researchers. therefore, this study aims to analyze his poems on the iranian nature.  the important findings o...