| Health and medical experts will discuss the evolution of war injuries in “The New Wounded” on April 5  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced a new category of combat injury:
the polytrauma. Many returning soldiers suffer from traumatic brain injuries
and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as other physical conditions. In
“The New Wounded:
The Evolution of War-related Injuries and their Medical, Social, and Economic
Impact,” a panel of experts will discuss the rewards and challenges
of treating the new wounded. This free program will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
on Thursday, April 5, at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 301 19th
Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Panelists will include Dr.
Barbara Sigford, national program director for physical
medicine and rehabilitation for the Veterans Administration; Dr.
Irving Gottesman, Bernstein Professor of Adult Psychiatry at the University
of Minnesota Medical School; and Ardis Sandstrom, executive director of the
Brain Injury Association of
Minnesota.
“The New Wounded” is another program in the Humphrey Institute's
Home and Away series. Throughout 2006-2007, Home and Away programs
have been held to examine the domestic and foreign policy implications of the
United States at war. For more information, visit www.hhh.umn.edu/news/home_and_away/.
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