Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War : Geographies of Care / Marie Allitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allitt, Marie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Medical writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

England : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores how military medical practitioners articulated and represented their spatial and sensory experiences of caregiving.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Corpography: Reconceptualising Somatic Geographies

2. Layering: Appropriating Medical Spaces

3. Protrusions, Openings, and Depths: A Medical Grotesque

4. Countering: Representing Coping Strategies

5. Surfaces: Articulating Pain and Trauma

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474489942

OCLC:

1373348056