Containing Trauma

Nursing Work in the First World War

Christine Hallett, Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield , Peter Gatrell

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Manchester University Press
29 November 2011

20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Nursing

Series: Cultural History of Modern War

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 analyses 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 the Eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia and India. It 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. -- .

By: Christine Hallett
Series edited by: Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: NEW IN PAPERBACK
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9780719085963
ISBN 10: 0719085969
Series: Cultural History of Modern War
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 November 2011
Audience: Adult education , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christine Hallett is Professor of Nursing History at the University of Manchester, and Director of the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery.