Negotiating nursing : British Army sisters and soldiers in the Second World War

Negotiating nursing British Army sisters and soldiers in the Second World War

Negotiating nursing explores how the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Q.A.s) salvaged men within the sensitive gender negotiations of what should and could constitute nursing work and where that work could occur. The book argues that the Q.A.s, an entirely female force durin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brooks, Jane (Lecturer in nursing), author (author), Brooks, Jane, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK Manchester University Press 2019
Manchester, UK : 2019.
Colección:Nursing history and humanities.
Materias:
Great Britain. > Army. > Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Great Britain.
Military nursing > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Nurses > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Great Britain.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427381606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Salvaging soldiers, comforting men
  • 2 Challenging nursing spaces
  • 3 Nursing presence
  • 4 Negotiating the boundaries of nursing practice
  • 5 Reasserting work, space and gender boundaries at the end of the Second World War
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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