Abstract
The tension between the professional nurse and the unpaid, untrained 'intruder' - the Voluntary Aid Detachment or VAD - during World War I played an integral role in the interwar period as the nursing profession sought to improve its training and practices.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia, 1914-1939 |
Editors | Kate Darian-Smith, James Waghorne |
Place of Publication | Victoria, Australia |
Publisher | Melbourne University Publishing |
Chapter | 7 |
Pages | 94-111 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780522872903 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780522872897, 9780522872910 |
Publication status | Published - 19 Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- Nursing
- World War 1
- professionalism