In the company of nurses : the history of the British Army Nursing Service in the Great War /

Constructed from unpublished official and unofficial documents, letters and diaries of the time, this important volume tells the much-neglected story of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. Addresses the professional, personal and politica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McEwen, Yvonne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army. > Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps > History.
Great Britain > Army. > Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Great Britain. > Army. > Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care > Great Britain.
Nurses > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Military nursing > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Military Nursing > history
World War I
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne.
Infirmières > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Soins infirmiers militaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Medical care.
Military nursing.
Nurses.
Sanitätsdienst
Krankenschwester
Weltkrieg
Första världskriget 1914-1918.
Krigssjukvård.
Sjuksköterskor.
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • BOOK I In the Lap of the Gods
  • 1 Magic, Miracles and Myth: The Genesis of Military Nursing
  • BOOK II The Wrath of the Gods
  • 2 Did the Conflict Breed Conflict? The Politics of Care- giving, 1914
  • 3 Lies, 'Limelighters' and Nursing in the Land of Troy
  • 4 The Scandal of Battles and a Battle with Scandals
  • 5 Casualties, Consolidation and Cameos of War
  • 6 Daughters of Arête
  • Appendix 1 Nurses Awarded the Military Medal
  • Appendix 2 Nurses' Disabilities and Pensionable Years
  • Appendix 3 Nursing Deaths
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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