Nurse writers of the Great War

Nurse writers of the Great War

The First World War was the first 'total war'. Its industrial weaponry damaged millions of men and drove whole armies underground into dangerously unhealthy trenches. Many were killed. Many more suffered terrible, life-threatening injuries: wound infections such as gas gangrene and tetanus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hallett, Christine E., author (author), Hallett, Christine E., contributor (contributor)
Formato: Capítulo de libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2017.
Colección:Nursing history and humanities.
Materias:
World War (1914-1918)
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care.
Military nursing.
Nurses' writings.
Autobiography > History.
Military Nursing > history.
Nursing and ancillary services
Nursing / Nursing research & theory.
MEDICAL / Nursing / Research & Theory.
Medicine & Nursing > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Nursing research & theory.
History.
Biography.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Independent ladies
  • 1. Heroines in Belgium and Serbia
  • 2. Le petit paradis des blessés
  • 3. The hell at the heart of paradise
  • Part II: Professional women
  • 4. In France with the British Expeditionary Force
  • 5. American nurses in Europe
  • 6. The war-nurse as free agent
  • Part III: Volunteer-girls
  • 7. American young women at war
  • 8. The British 'VAD'
  • 9. Epic romance on Western and Eastern Fronts
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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