Irish Medical Profession and the First World War

This book explores the role of the Irish medical profession in the First World War, assessing its involvement and the impact of the war on Ireland's medical infrastructure. It investigates factors that encouraged medical personnel to join the British Army, the survival of Ireland's voluntary hospital network, and the reintegration of wartime doctors into a society that had experienced a shift in political opinion.

Format: Hardback
Length: 254 pages
Publication date: 08 May 2019
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate relationship between the Irish medical profession and the First World War. It assesses the extent of Ireland's involvement in the global conflict, while also exploring the profound impact of the war on the country's domestic medical infrastructure, particularly its hospital network. The study investigates the factors that motivated Irish medical personnel to join the British Army medical services and uncovers the strategies employed by Irish hospital governors to ensure the survival of Ireland's voluntary hospital network amidst staff shortages and economic inflation. Furthermore, it examines the challenges faced by wartime doctors in reintegrating into a society that had undergone a significant shift in political opinion towards their involvement in the conflict, ultimately leading to the outbreak of Ireland's Civil War. By undertaking a thorough analysis of this period, the book offers a pioneering study of the profound effects of the First World War on the medical profession in Ireland, providing valuable insights into the complex interplay between global events and local realities.

This book examines the role of the Irish medical profession in the First World War.

It assesses the extent of its involvement in the conflict while also interrogating the effect of global war on the development of Ireland's domestic medical infrastructure, especially its hospital network.

The study explores the factors that encouraged Ireland's medical personnel to join the British Army medical services and uncovers how Irish hospital governors, in the face of increasing staff shortages and economic inflation, ensured that Ireland's voluntary hospital network survived the war.

It also considers how Ireland's wartime doctors reintegrated into an Irish society that had experienced a profound shift in political opinion towards their involvement in the conflict and subsequently became embroiled in its own Civil War.

In doing so, this book provides the first comprehensive study of the effect of the First World War on the medical profession in Ireland.

Weight: 496g
Dimension: 157 x 220 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030179588
Edition number: 1st ed. 2019