TY - BOOK AU - McEwen,Yvonne TI - In the company of nurses: the history of the British Army Nursing Service in the Great War SN - 9780748679126 AV - D629 .I584 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Edinburgh, Scotland PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Great Britain KW - Army KW - Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps KW - History KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Medical care KW - Nurses KW - 20th century KW - Military nursing KW - Military Nursing KW - history KW - World War I KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Machine generated contents note: Book I In the Lap of the Gods --; 1. Magic, Miracles and Myth: The Genesis of Military Nursing --; Book II The Wrath of the Gods --; 2. Did the Conflict Breed Conflict? The Politics of Caregiving 1914 --; 3. Lies, 'Limelighters' and Nursing in the Land of Troy --; 4. The Scandal of Battles and a Battle with Scandals --; 5. Casualties, Consolidation and Cameos of War --; Book III In the House of the Gods --; 6. Daughters of Arete; 2; b N2 - Constructed from unpublished official and unofficial documents, letters and diaries of the time, this important volume tells the much-neglected story of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. Addresses the professional, personal and political consequences that arose for nurses in the pivotal years from 1914 to 1918.--Provided by publisher UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1203127&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -