Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 ‘To help a million sick, you must kill a few nurses’ 11
8. 2 The First World War and nurses’ choice of occupational representation 45
9. 3 The Nurses’ Registration Act, 1919 71
10. 4 ‘The disease which is most feared’ 99
11. 5 Industrial psychology’s influence on the recruitment and welfare of general and mental nurses, 1930–48 128
12. 6 Conclusion 159
13. Select bibliography 169
14. Index 183