Matron knows best
Subtitle: the true story of a 1960s NHS nurse
By: Joan Woodcock
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780755361496
Subjects: Nurses; Nursing; Biography; History
Description: Joan Woodcock always dreamed of becoming a nurse. And in 1966 the dream came true. Here Joan shares memories of laughter and tragedy, and of the now defunct matron system that at one time instilled nurses with such high standards of professionalism and patient care.