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Negotiating nursing explores how the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Q.A.s) salvaged men 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 physically, emotionally and spiritually from the battlefield and for the war, despite concerns about their presence on the frontline. The book maps the developments in nurses? work as the Q.A.s created a legitimate space for themselves in war…
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5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2018Manchester University Press · 248 pages · 9781526119063
- Other · English · 2019Manchester University Press · 9781526138811
- Other · English · 2018Manchester University Press · 248 pages · 9781526119070
- Other · English · 2018Manchester University Press · 9781526119087
- Other · EnglishManchester University Press · 248 pages · 9781526147257
World war, 1939-1945, medical careNursesWorld war, 1939-1945, womenWorld war, 1939-1945, great britainSocial & cultural historyHistory of medicineSecond World WarNursing