Containing trauma by Christine E Hallett

Containing trauma by Christine E Hallett

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.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780719085963
ISBN 10	0719085969
Title	Containing trauma
Author	Christine E Hallett
Series	Cultural History Of Modern War
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2011-11-29
Number of pages	288
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