Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health. In March, the AMMA council met for its biannual face to face meeting at the Crown Conference…
Over sixty years ago, at 4 AM on 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Australian forces were committed rapidly, with the Australian Government sending HMAS Shoalhaven and HMAS…
Background: Nationwide surveys in the United States found that certain health-related factors, in particular cigarette smoking and obesity, were more prevalent in veterans than in non-veterans. Purpose: The objective of…
The Korean War remains “the forgotten war” despite being the proving ground for such innovations as helicopter casualty evacuation and the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), both of which would…
A Breeze and A J Gibbons
There is an increased incidence of maxillofacial trauma in conflicts of the 21st century in comparison to those of the 20th century. This is attributed to the asymmetrical nature of…
Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) is a systematic approach to major exsanguinating trauma incorporating strategies of permissive hypotension, haemostatic resuscitation and damage control surgery. In this article we review current literature…
This paper examines health and wellbeing issues that emerged in a systematic review of the war, peacekeeping and peacemaking experiences of female veterans. Research questions that informed the search were:…
Many of the modern principles of combat health support were displayed in the critical 1942 Kokoda campaign of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. The photographic collection and war diary of a…
A Leavy Reprinted from: Aust Mil Med 1998; 7(1): 21-23 The comedy/drama MASH, which concerned thelives of Ameriean army medical staff stationed just behind the front lines in the Korean…
Reprinted from History of the South Koran Army Dental Corps p. 376-385 In 1950, when the security Council of UNO asked member nations to provide forces for service in Korea,…
Reprinted from History of the South Korean Army Dental Corps, p. 386-389 In September 1952, Lieutenant Colin J. Wilson volunteered to replace Captain Alan H. Cull who had spent two…
General Practice: The Integrative Approach is a contemporary colossus of Australian textbooks of general practice. For GPs wanting a wide-ranging general practice reference, then the first edition of the General…
