Terrorism - management and forensic aspects

This chapter will consider planning, the management of blast and penetrating missile injury and the simple psychiatry of terrorist victims. It ends with a brief discussion of the forensic aspects of terrorism which may involve medical practitioners (AU)

The psychopathology of the hostage experience : A review

This review considers the experience of hostages during a kidnap. The long-term consequences of the incident for adults and children are then considered. It is shown that hostages released physically unharmed may suffer after affects for a prolonged period. Such suffering may also be extended to their families.(AU)

Prisoners of armed conflict : Nicaragua an ICRC survey

This paper examines the role of the medical delegate of the ICRC. Part I outlines the diseases and conditions found during a survey of three Nicaraguan rural prisoner of war camps. This information should enable medical delegates to formulate better plans for the treatment of prisoners in future. Part II suggests an alternative health care system which relies on the use of medical kits and manuals in the hands of medical auxiliaries. Dividing responsibility in this way would leave the medical delegate free to perform tasks which make more use of his more sophisticated skills (AU)