title: Casualties of violence in Northern Ireland.
abstract: Guerilla 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.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Ward, Belfast City Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland; D011057:Politics; D014754:Violence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control