UNITED STATES ARMY NURSES IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF WORLD WAR II, 1942-1945 (ARMY NURSES).
Contributors: University Of Illinois At Chicago, Health Sciences Center.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.; History, United States.
Description: This historical study explored the living, working, social and administrative environments of the army nurse who served in the China-Burma-India Theater from 1942-1945. A list of questions was developed to guide the data collection process from historical documents and investigator conducted interviews.

Military documents were obtained from three United States Army archives in the Washington, D.C. area. Personal correspondence to over 100 nurse veterans who served in the theater yielded three sets of diaries, five groups of World War II letters, twenty-five letters recalling their overseas experiences and three interviews.

An analysis and synthesis of the data provide a social history of the nurses who served in the China-Burma-India Theater that includes such aspects as their reactions to caring for unfamiliar tropical diseases rather than battle wounds, relationships with the commanding officers, unit chief nurses and theater chief nurse, their activities during off-duty hours and how this helped them adjust to their environment, the role of the theater chief nurse in restoring morale among the nurses, and nurses reactions to returning to civilian life. A pervading theme throughout the China-Burma-India experience was the expectation of the nurse to adjust or adapt to any circumstance at any time.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-01, Section: B, page: 0157.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, 1990.

School code: 0806.