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About the Author

Dr Narelle Biedermann is Lecturer and Director of Research in the School of Nursing Sciences at James Cook University, Townsville. After two years' working in the Townsville General Hospital, she was commissioned as an officer in the Australian Regular Army as a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, where she served for four years. After completing a study on the experiences of Australian Army nurses in the Vietnam War, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 from James Cook University. Her husband, Tom, is an Army Officer, and together they have two daughters.