Jane Brooks

Negotiating nursing

British Army sisters and soldiers in the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

The mobility of the Second World War, brought on by à â Ë technological advances in destructive capabilitiesà â â needed new type of medical service. Success meant that expert care was needed near the frontline. -- .

Produktdetails

• Nursing History and Humanities
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781526119063
• ISBN-10: 1526119064
• Artikelnr.: 50990380

Autorenporträt

Jane Brooks is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Nursing work and nurses' space in the Second World War: a
gendered construction 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 Concluding remarks Index