Negotiating Nursing - British Army Sisters and Soldiers in the Second World War (Hardcover)

Negotiating Nursing explores how the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Q.A.s) salvaged their soldier-patients 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 during the Second World War, were essential to recovering men from the battlefield and for the war, despite concerns about women's presence on the frontline. Using personal testimony the book maps the developments in nurses' work as they created a legitimate space for themselves in war zones and established their position as the expert at the bedside. Yet, despite the acknowledgement of nurses' vital role in the medical service, their position was gendered. As the women of Britain were returned to the home post-war, it was the military nurses' womanhood that stymied their considerable skills from being transferred to the new welfare state. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Nursing History and Humanities
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Jane Brooks
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-1906-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-5261-1906-4
Barcode:	9781526119063

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