Veteranen Instituut IPNV Interview 876: Oral History of a Dutch Medic in IFOR3

An oral history interview from the Veteranen Instituut, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The interview details the experiences of a Dutch medic who served as a nurse and was later deployed as an OPC Verbandplaats under the IFOR3 mission. The narrative covers group dynamics during deployment, the impact of a serious accident in February 1997, and the transition to civilian life as a nurse.

Use Cases

• Analyze trauma and coping mechanisms based on the detailed account of a serious accident.
• Study group dynamics and social processes within military units on deployment.
• Research the transition from military to civilian life based on the subject's experience as a nurse.
• Examine the role and experiences of medical personnel in peacekeeping missions like IFOR3.

Strengths

• Provides a first-person, detailed narrative of a specific military and medical experience.
• Covers multiple thematic layers including trauma, group processes, and career transition.
• Interview is part of a formal collection from the Veteranen Instituut, suggesting institutional curation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment; this is a single interview.
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2025-10-24 03:48:23.

Provenance

Source

Veteranen Instituut

Collection Method

Oral history interview.

Time Range

Interview references events up to February 1997.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:48:23

Geography

Likely concerns Dutch military service and an IFOR3 peacekeeping mission.