To heal and to serve
Subtitle: women army doctors in World War Two
By: Mercedes Graf
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Hellgate Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ashland, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781555717445
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Medical care; Women physicians; Biography; Medical personnel; History; Women; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; United States; United States. Army
Other titles: Women army doctors in WWII
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pioneer women doctors campaign for wartime service; title: From pioneer women doctors abroad to "joining the home team"; title: From contract surgeon to Army medical officer; title: Enter the women neuropsychiatrists/psychiatrists; title: "Specialization as a mark of expertise": women doctors in internal medicine, pathology, anesthesiology, and orthopedics; title: "Narrowing the field": women doctors in radiology, preventive medicine, surgery, and other areas; title: More than they expected: nonspecialists and other problems in service; title: "I do not regret having had the opportunity to serve my country": a look back at women's experiences as medical officers in the United States Army; title: Appendix.