title: Starting out cold.
abstract: Arriving from St Vincent to start her nurse training in 1958 was a culture shock for Shirla Philogene. But the shock was short lived.
authors.forename: Shirla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Philogene
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D019436:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Q000208:ethnology; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*