Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway
Introduction. This study is part the project ‘‘Nursing in Borderland Finnmark 19391950’’ within nursing history that sheds light on nursing and health care during World War II in Finnmark County, Northern Norway. The study focuses on challenges in nursing care that arose during the war because of wa...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/25286 2023-05-15T15:55:17+02:00 Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway Immonen, Ingrid B. 2013-04-25 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25286 https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20278 eng eng Taylor & Francis International Journal of Circumpolar Health Immonen IB. Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2013;72:1-6 FRIDAID 1035842 doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20278 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25286 openAccess Copyright 2013 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2013 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20278 2022-05-25T22:58:56Z Introduction. This study is part the project ‘‘Nursing in Borderland Finnmark 19391950’’ within nursing history that sheds light on nursing and health care during World War II in Finnmark County, Northern Norway. The study focuses on challenges in nursing care that arose during the war because of war activities in the Barents area. This article focuses on challenges caused by shortage of supplies. The aim of the project is to widen the understanding of development within health care and living conditions in the area. Study design. This is a historical study using narratives, government documents and literature. Methods. Interviews with nurses and persons active in health care during World War II constitute the main data of the research. Thematic issues that arise from interviews are analysed. Primary and secondary written sources are used in analysing the topics. Because of war activities, deportation and burning of the county, archives were partly destroyed. Central archives can contribute with annual reports, whereas local archives are fragmentary. There are a number of reports written soon after the War, as well as a number of biographical books of newer date. Results. Challenges caused by war, which appear in the interviews, are: 1) shortage of supplies, 2) increased workload, 3) multicultural society, 4) ethical dilemmas, 5) deportation of the population. In this paper, focus is on challenges caused by shortage of supplies. Conclusions. Both institutions, personnel and patients were marked by the war. This has to be taken in consideration in health care today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health Finnmark International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway Finnmark University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 72 1 20278 |
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Introduction. This study is part the project ‘‘Nursing in Borderland Finnmark 19391950’’ within nursing history that sheds light on nursing and health care during World War II in Finnmark County, Northern Norway. The study focuses on challenges in nursing care that arose during the war because of war activities in the Barents area. This article focuses on challenges caused by shortage of supplies. The aim of the project is to widen the understanding of development within health care and living conditions in the area. Study design. This is a historical study using narratives, government documents and literature. Methods. Interviews with nurses and persons active in health care during World War II constitute the main data of the research. Thematic issues that arise from interviews are analysed. Primary and secondary written sources are used in analysing the topics. Because of war activities, deportation and burning of the county, archives were partly destroyed. Central archives can contribute with annual reports, whereas local archives are fragmentary. There are a number of reports written soon after the War, as well as a number of biographical books of newer date. Results. Challenges caused by war, which appear in the interviews, are: 1) shortage of supplies, 2) increased workload, 3) multicultural society, 4) ethical dilemmas, 5) deportation of the population. In this paper, focus is on challenges caused by shortage of supplies. Conclusions. Both institutions, personnel and patients were marked by the war. This has to be taken in consideration in health care today. |
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Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway |
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Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway |
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health Immonen IB. Nursing during World War II: Finnmark County, Northern Norway. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2013;72:1-6 FRIDAID 1035842 doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20278 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25286 |
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