Containing Trauma
Nursing Work in the First World War
Who were the military nurses of the Great War, and what did they really do? In this lucid and cogently-argued book, Christine Hallett explores the nature of the practices developed by nurses and their volunteer-assistants during the First World War. She argues that nurses found meaning in their complex and stressful work by identifying it as a process of 'containing trauma'. Beginning with a discussion of the current literature on both the literature on the social and cultural position of nurses at the outbreak of the war, and on their importance to the war effort, the book explores a range of nursing scenarios and pra…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8596-3
- EAN: 9780719085963
- Produktnummer: 20931527
- Verlag: Manchester University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.4 cm x D1.7 cm 357 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 357
Über den Autor
Christine Hallett is Professor of Nursing History at the University of Manchester, and Director of the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery.
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