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Auteur(s) : Hallett, Christine E. (1963-....)
Titre(s) : Containing trauma [Texte imprimé] : nursing work in the First World War / Christine E. Hallett
Publication : Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009
Description matérielle : xviii, 259 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
Collection : Cultural history of modern war
Lien à la collection : Cultural history of modern war
Comprend : Introduction : 'Containing trauma' : First World War nurses' personal writings. Nursing
the modern world ; The first industrial war ; War nursing ; Women's writings on the
First World War ; Nurses' personal writings ; Journey through care ; Containing
physical trauma on the Western Front. Introduction ; Controlling shock and containing
life in the aftermath of injury ; Holding body and soul together : haemorrhage and
its control ; Protecting and healing the physical wound ; Handling pus and gore :
the prevention and containment of sepsis ; Controlling the traumatic effects of toxic
gas ; Containing the process of dying ; Conclusion : 'the most beautiful place in
the world' ; Relief and restoration : rebuilding the physical self. Introduction
; Preserving the body from environmental harm and infection ; Using trauma to relieve
trauma : surgery and its consequences ; Symptom control : handling pain, restoring
comfort ; Containing energy and restoring life ; Containing and rehabilitating the
physical body ; Conclusion : the balance of life and health ; Nursing in 'far flung
places'. Introduction ; Containing injury and disease in hostile zones ; Sustaining
life close to the battle lines ; Healing wounds in a world of extremes ; Containing
and eradicating infectious diseases ; Conclusion : heat, cold, dust, mud and flies
;
Emotional containment. Introduction ; Protecting the psyche : being with the suffering
; Containing the horrors of war : witnessing and restoring ; Composing damaged minds
: shell shock and its containment ; Containing the consequences of trauma : protecting
damaged and undamaged minds ; Representing home and normality ; Spiritual containment
; Conclusion : 'those blissful hours after a hell-ish time' ; Self-containment.
Introduction ; The physical and emotional presence of the nurse ; Nursing training
and nursing skills ; The emotional and moral condition of the nurse ; What had to
be contained ; When the self could not be contained ; Conclusion : the First World
War nurse as 'invincible healer' ; Conclusion : First World War nurses as 'containers
of trauma'.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Who were the military nurses of the Great War, and what did they really do? In this
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'. Beginning with a discussion of the current literature on the social and cultural
position of nurses at the outbreak of the war, and on their importance to the war
effort, the book explores a range of nursing scenarios and practices, examining the
physical, emotional and spiritual care and support these women offered to their patients."
"Broad in its scope and detailed in its research, the book analyses the work of nurses
from Britain, Australia. New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United States of
America. It draws on highly personal writing, using letters and diaries drawn from
archives and libraries throughout the world alongside published diaries and semi-fictional
accounts." "This wide-ranging study explores a range of treatment scenarios, from
the Western and Eastern Fronts to the Eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia and India,
and considers both the efforts of nurses to provide physical, emotional and moral
containment to their patients. and the work they did to maintain their own physical
and emotional integrity."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Soins infirmiers militaires -- 1900-1945
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Soins médicaux
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Participation des femmes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780719079580 (hardback). - ISBN 0719079586 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42660368g
Notice n° :
FRBNF42660368
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