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Angels and demons: Nurses on screen

David Stanley

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Abstract

How the public view nursing and nurses is both reflected in and influenced by the way they are portrayed in feature films, on TV and in other media. Nurses on screen are variously doctor's handmaidens, sex objects, romantic fools, self-sacrificing angels, or demoniacal, crazed or malicious villains. The most popular stereotypes in feature films with prominent nursing characters are the self-sacrificing angel, the object of sexual desire or the flirtatious vixen.
Original languageEnglish
Pages14-14
No.August
Specialist publicationNursing Review
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Medical and Health Sciences

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