Not on My Watch: Moral Trauma and Moral Injury Among Combat Medics

Combat medics’ personal identities can become indistinguishable from the professional responsibility they have to provide care to a particular group, as a result of the official training and unofficial acculturation they receive in the military. This constructs an intensified moral world in which me...

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Main Author:	Benshoof, Courtney
Format:	Others
Published:	ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2017
Subjects:	Moral Injury Veterans Combat Medics Trauma Army Oral History Identity Military
Online Access:	http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/rs_theses/52 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=rs_theses

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description	Combat medics’ personal identities can become indistinguishable from the professional responsibility they have to provide care to a particular group, as a result of the official training and unofficial acculturation they receive in the military. This constructs an intensified moral world in which medics live for a time and sets the stage for a specific kind of moral experience in combat, one grounded in a sense of personal responsibility for the physical well-being of their comrades. When combat medics are unable to fulfill their professional role, this can cause a distinct form of moral trauma, because they have also failed to fulfill a personal sense of purpose.
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title	Not on My Watch: Moral Trauma and Moral Injury Among Combat Medics
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Not on My Watch: Moral Trauma and Moral Injury Among Combat Medics

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