TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallett, Christine E.
AB  - The First World War was the first 'total war'. Its industrial weaponry damaged millions of men and drove whole armies underground into dangerously unhealthy trenches. Many were killed. Many more suffered terrible, life-threatening injuries: wound infections such as gas gangrene and tetanus, exposure to extremes of temperature, emotional trauma and systemic disease. In an effort to alleviate this suffering, tens of thousands of women volunteered to serve as nurses. Of these, some were experienced professionals while others had undergone only minimal training. But regardless of their preparation, they would all gain a unique understanding of the conditions of industrial warfare. Until recently their contributions, both to the saving of lives and to our understanding of warfare, have remained largely hidden from view. By combining biographical research with textual analysis, Nurse writers of the great war opens a window onto their insights into the nature of nursing and the impact of war.
DO  - 10.7228/manchester/9781784992521.001.0001
ID  - OAPEN ID: 645349
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 944528791
KW  - History
KW  - industrial warfare
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Medical history
KW  - Nursing history
KW  - warfare
KW  - Nursing research and theory
KW  - First World War
KW  - European history
KW  - American nurses
KW  - the western front
KW  - the eastern front
KW  - Voluntary Aid Detachment
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/cc67766d-d747-4c75-8b4c-b000a42c03ab/645349.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30560
PB  - Manchester University Press
PP  - Manchester
PY  - 2016-02-04
SN  - 9781526129352
TI  - Nurse Writers of the Great Warnull
ER  - 
