Containing Trauma Nursing Work in the First World War

Name: Containing Trauma Nursing Work in the First World War
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ISBN: 9780719085963

ISBN-10: 0719085969

ISBN-13: 9780719085963

Edition: 2010

Authors: Christine E. Hallett, Ana Carden-Coyne, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Penny Summerfield

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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 analyzes 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 explores a range of treatment scenarios, from the Western and Eastern Fronts to…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 11/29/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.40" wide x 5.40" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction: ï¿½Ç Containing Traumaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½: First World War nursesï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ personal writings


Containing physical trauma on the Western Front


Relief and restoration: rebuilding the physical self


Nursing in far-flung places


Emotional containment


Self-containment


Conclusion: First World War nurses as ï¿½Ç containers of traumaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½


References


Index