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Containing Trauma: Nursing Work in the First World War
Christine Hallett
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Description for Containing Trauma: Nursing Work in the First World War
Paperback. In this highly original contribution to knowledge about a little-known subject: the history of nursing work, Christine Hallett explores the nature and meaning of the practices developed by nurses and their volunteer-assistants during the First World War Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWN; MQC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
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’. Broad in its scope and detailed in its research, the book analyses the work of nurses from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America. It draws on highly personal writings: letters and diaries drawn from archives and libraries throughout the world. This wide-ranging book ... Read more
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’. Broad in its scope and detailed in its research, the book analyses the work of nurses from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America. It draws on highly personal writings: letters and diaries drawn from archives and libraries throughout the world. This wide-ranging book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Cultural History of Modern War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085963
SKU
V9780719085963
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Ref
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About Christine Hallett
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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