Clinical Review
Reunification: The Silent War of Families and Returning Troops
Fed Pract. 2008 October;25(10):15
Author(s):
McNulty PF
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Peggy Anne Fisher McNulty, DrPH, CPNP, CFNP, RN
Dr. McNulty is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. She retired from the military after completing 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
Military families grapple with a host of stressors when service members are called to war—and others when these warriors return home and must adjust once more to family life. Yet few studies have examined these struggles and the effects they can have on the health of all involved. Here, a review of the existing literature that identifies specific areas in need of further research.