The personal writings of First World War nurses: a study of the interplay of authorial intention and scholarly interpretation

Hallett, Christine E.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00378.x

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“…This requires the factual and realistic writing of the therapeutic school of thought, but may also be facilitated by wonder and empathy. An important feature of the patient diary is the immediacy, not unlike a personal letter from the nurse to the patient (Hallett 2007).…”

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Intensive care patient diaries in Scandinavia: a comparative study of emergence and evolution

2011

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Critical illness and intensive care therapy are often followed by psychological problems such as nightmares, hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, depression, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Intensive care patient diaries have been kept by nurses and the patients' family since the early 1990s in the Scandinavian countries to help critically ill patients come to terms with their illness after hospital discharge. The aim of the study was to describe and compare the emergence and evolution of intensive care patient diaries in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The study had a comparative international design using secondary analysis of qualitative data generated by key-informant telephone interviews with intensive care nurses (n=114). The study showed that diaries were introduced concurrently in the three Scandinavian countries as a grass-roots initiative by mutual cross-national inspiration. The concept has evolved from a pragmatic practice to an evidence-based domain of inquiry propelled by academically prepared nurses. Several schools of thought were identified in our study: diaries as (i) a therapeutic instrument, (ii) an act of caring, (iii) an expression of empathy, and (iv) a hybrid of the above. Diaries have the potential to fulfill the existential needs of patients who struggle to make sense of their experiences and construct their own illness narrative.

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Intensive care patient diaries in Scandinavia: a comparative study of emergence and evolution

2011

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“…As Hallett (2007) has explained in relation to World War I nurses' letters, in working with written material it is important to consider authorial intention. Speculating on the writer's reason for writing -their purpose and intended audience -helps in understanding the document.…”

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‘Sunless lives’: District nurses’ and journalists’ co-construction of the ‘sick poor’ as a vulnerable population in early twentieth-century New Zealand

Wood

Arcus²

2012

Contemporary Nurse

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Portrayals of vulnerable groups in public media, government reports and professional accounts tend, by definition, to focus on their deficits in order to identify need and shape appropriate health care responses. This article within the cultural history of nursing considers a different construction of one vulnerable group in the past, the 'sick poor' in early 20th-century New Zealand. The research analysed primary historical sources that offered rich descriptions of the sick poor, drawn from one major daily newspaper and the country's professional nursing journal, 1900-1920. The article argues that in co-constructing the sick poor as a vulnerable group, district nurses and journalists primarily used the trope of 'sunless lives'. However, they also constructed them as resourceful, resilient and determined. This article offers the construction of the sick poor by district nurses and journalists in early 20th-century New Zealand as an example of a more nuanced construction that goes beyond a one-dimensional portrayal of vulnerability.

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“…In her analysis of the personal writings of First World War nurses, Hallett (2007) notes that their diaries were often intended for the consumption of an entire community. Letters from soldiers were often addressed to multiple individuals, were shared amongst family members and friends, or were even published in local newspapers (Styple, 2003).…”

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Exploring old and new media: Comparing military blogs to Civil War letters

Shapiro

Humphreys

2012

New Media & Society

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Comparing new media to older media can help identify fundamental uses and perceived effects of communication technology. This study analyzes one soldier's milblog (military blog) and one Civil War soldier's letters and diaries to understand how milblogs compare to older forms of soldier correspondence. Despite the overt distinction in technical systems utilized, this analysis demonstrated that the communications through the milblog and letters/diaries share tremendous similarities. In composing their correspondence through these distinct media, each soldier maintained similar anxieties over technological affordances, perceptions of their audience, and motivations for corresponding. Though there were certainly differences in style and content, little that was done or accomplished via the milblog was without direct precedent in the Civil War letters and diaries.

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The personal writings of First World War nurses: a study of the interplay of authorial intention and scholarly interpretation

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Intensive care patient diaries in Scandinavia: a comparative study of emergence and evolution

Intensive care patient diaries in Scandinavia: a comparative study of emergence and evolution

‘Sunless lives’: District nurses’ and journalists’ co-construction of the ‘sick poor’ as a vulnerable population in early twentieth-century New Zealand

Exploring old and new media: Comparing military blogs to Civil War letters

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