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Dr Jane Brooks
Left: Annie Altschul, born in Vienna in 1919, trained a a mental health nurse in Mill Hill and pioneers psychiatric research. Her reports are widely cited. Right: Lisbeth Hockey, expelled from Vienna , became the UKs first director of nursing research in Edinburgh
December 13, 2018, 11:41 am
Refugee nurses: The Jewish women who fled tyranny to become angels of the NHS
Stephen Oryszczuk hears tributes to a band of heroines who, despite being called ‘enemy aliens’, made a defining contribution to Britain’s health service
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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