This book follows the lives of female Jewish refugees who fled Nazi persecution and became nurses. Nursing was nominally a profession but with its poor pay and harsh discipline, it was unpopular with British women. In the years preceding the Second World War, hospitals in Britain suffered chronic nurse staffing crises. As the country faced inevitable war, the Government and the profession's elite courted refugees as an antidote to the shortages, but many hospitals refused to employ Continental Jews.
The book explores the changes in the refugees' status and lives from the war years to the foundation of the National Health Service and to the latter decades of the twentieth century. It places the refugees at the forefront of manoeuvres in nursing practice, education and research at a time of social upheaval and alterations in the position of women.
By:
Jane Brooks Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g ISBN:9781526167422 ISBN 10: 1526167425 Series:Nursing History and Humanities Pages: 272 Publication Date:11 September 2024 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction – Nursing: Gender, migration and opportunity Chapter 1 – Escape Chapter 2 – The nursing world Chapter 3 – War nurse Chapter 4 – From the post-war world to a nursing legacy Conclusion Bibliography -- .
Jane Brooks is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester