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One hundred years of wartime nursing practices, 1854-1953 /

This book examines the work that nurses of many differing nations undertook during the Crimean War, the Boer War, the Spanish Civil War, both World Wars and the Korean War. It makes an excellent and timely contribution to the growing discipline of nursing wartime work. In its exploration of multiple...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hallett, Christine E. (Editor ), Brooks, Jane (Lecturer in nursing) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester [England] : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Colección:Nursing history and humanities.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the work that nurses of many differing nations undertook during the Crimean War, the Boer War, the Spanish Civil War, both World Wars and the Korean War. It makes an excellent and timely contribution to the growing discipline of nursing wartime work. In its exploration of multiple nursing roles during the wars, it considers the responsiveness of nursing work, as crisis scenarios gave rise to improvisation and the - sometimes quite dramatic - breaking of practice boundaries. The originality of the text lies not only in the breadth of wartime practices considered, but also the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-300) and index.
ISBN:9781526101532
152610153X