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A Follow-Up Study of World War II Prisoners of War.

A Follow-Up Study of World War II Prisoners of War. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This small monograph, one of a series to be published by the Veterans Administration (or already in print; no series number or other means of judging is given) contains the data and conclusions from a record and questionnaire survey of nearly 8000 World War II prisoners. The investigation was conducted jointly by the National Research Council and the Veterans Administration. Three principal reasons for undertaking such a survey come to mind: (1) to gain experience in and evaluate the methods used, (2) to learn the answer to the question posed, and (3) to pick up unusual or chance observations which may give a clue to some apparently unrelated problem ("serendipidy"). The last often turns out to be the most profitable but is best left for the individual reader to discover. The question posed was, for men taken prisoner during World War II, "to what extent their prison experience has affected http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

A Follow-Up Study of World War II Prisoners of War.

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1956 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0888-2479
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1956.00250250130025
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This small monograph, one of a series to be published by the Veterans Administration (or already in print; no series number or other means of judging is given) contains the data and conclusions from a record and questionnaire survey of nearly 8000 World War II prisoners. The investigation was conducted jointly by the National Research Council and the Veterans Administration. Three principal reasons for undertaking such a survey come to mind: (1) to gain experience in and evaluate the methods used, (2) to learn the answer to the question posed, and (3) to pick up unusual or chance observations which may give a clue to some apparently unrelated problem ("serendipidy"). The last often turns out to be the most profitable but is best left for the individual reader to discover. The question posed was, for men taken prisoner during World War II, "to what extent their prison experience has affected

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A.M.A. Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1956

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