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Bloomsbury, Belsen, Oxford : Janet Vaughan, Medical Pioneer / Sheena Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Sheena, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--History.
- Medicine.
- Physicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Physicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (428 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chester, England : University of Chester Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Janet Vaughan was a woman of huge energy and passion, who sought to improve the lives of others throughout her life. As a UK doctor and medical researcher, and also a social and educational reformer, she aimed to relieve suffering and to enable people - especially women - to develop and use their talents so as to live useful, fulfilled lives.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Inside front cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Finding a vocation 1899-1925
- Chapter 1: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1899-1918
- Chapter 2: Seizing opportunities 1919-25
- Scaling the heights 1925-39
- Chapter 3: All about choice 1925-30
- Chapter 4: Forging a career 1930-39
- Chapter 5: Private life and public concerns 1930-39
- War 1939-45
- Chapter 6: Blood transfusion 1938-45
- Chapter 7: Medical education and the NHS 1939-45
- Chapter 8: An establishment figure 1943-48
- Plates
- Chapter 9: Belsen 1945: doing science in hell
- Oxford 1945-67
- Chapter 10: Return to Somerville 1945-55
- Chapter 11: Somerville: inspiration and expansion
- Chapter 12: Oxford medicine 1945-67
- Chapter 13: Research: what happens if you irradiate bone? 1946-67
- How to retire and keep on working
- Chapter 14: How to go on serving science 1967-89
- Chapter 15: Community, friends and family 1967-93
- Appendix: Epitaph
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Inside back cover
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781910481547
- OCLC:
- 1440007915
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