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UNINA9910484030303321 |
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Autore |
Durnin David |
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Titolo |
The Irish Medical Profession and the First World War / / by David Durnin |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism |
Medicine - History |
Military history |
Social history |
History of Britain and Ireland |
Imperialism and Colonialism |
History of Medicine |
History of Military |
Social History |
Great Britain History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 Introduction -- 2 Recruitment and Irish Medical Personnel, 1914-18 -- 3 Irish Medical Personnel: Motivations and Wartime Experiences, 1914-18 -- 4 The First World War and Hospitals in Ireland, 1914-18 -- 5 British Army Medical Personnel in Post-War Ireland, 1918-25 -- 6 The Impact of the First World War on Irish Hospitals, 1918-25 -- 7 Conclusions -- . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the role of the Irish medical profession in the First World War. It assesses the extent of its involvement in the conflict while also interrogating the effect of global war on the development of Ireland’s domestic medical infrastructure, especially its hospital network. The study explores the factors that encouraged Ireland’s medical personnel to join the British Army medical services and uncovers how Irish hospital governors, in the face of increasing staff |
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