• Int J Trauma Nurs · Jul 1997

    Review

    Casualties of violence in Northern Ireland.

    • J Williams.
    • Accident and Emergency Ward, Belfast City Hospital, United Kingdom.
    • Int J Trauma Nurs. 1997 Jul 1;3(3):78-82.

    AbstractGuerilla warfare procedures injuries that are intended to have a psychologic as well as a physical effect on the victims. Intentional violence in the form of punishment beatings or shootings inflicted on one person are used to control the behavior of members of a like group. Bombings and social chaos are used to disrupt life in the community and produce random types of violent injuries. In Belfast health care providers care for trauma victims from both sides of the warfare and are subject to becoming victims of violence themselves.

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