title: Stoicism and care in the face of carnage.
abstract: Nursing Standard interviews nurse historian Christine Hallett about the nursing contribution to the first world war effort. Professor Hallett, author of Veiled Warriors, explains the incredible demands placed on nurses who found themselves treating vast numbers of casualties with wounds of unprecedented severity. Patriotism, a culturally ingrained stoicism and camaraderie between nurses helped them get through it.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Hallett
authors: Clare
authors: C
authors: Lomas
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D009726:Nurses; D010684:Philosophy; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D047828:World War I