TY  - ADVS
AU  - Atkins,Lizzette
AU  - Frey,Beth
AU  - Watkins,Polly
ED  - SBS Independent
TI  - Vietnam nurses
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Canberra, A.C.T.
PB  - Ronin Films [distributor]
KW  - Medicine, Military
KW  - Australia
KW  - Queensland
KW  - History
KW  - Military nursing
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Nurses
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Medical care
N2  - Six Australian army nurses gather to share their experiences of the Vietnam War. Now in their fifties and sixties, they vividly describe the young soldiers they fought to keep alive, as well as the sights and smells of an intriguing culture where, despite the war, the cycle of life continued as it had for thousands of years. Many soldiers survived horrific injuries that, in previous wars, would have certainly been fatal. For the nurses, even those with trauma experience, it was a huge learning curve
ER  -