Following the foundation of the NHS in 1948, a new sub-genre of romantic fiction emerged: ‘Doctor–Nurse’ romances, usually involving romance between a male doctor and a female nurse, were set in NHS hospitals. Drawing on the Mills & Boon archive and the novels themselves, this article explores representations of the health service and notions of gendered healthcare professionalism in postwar Britain. I argue that rather than presenting ‘retrograde’ and ‘limited’ views of women’s lives, medical Mills & Boon novels frequently put forward nuanced versions of womanhood, professional identity, clinical labour, and the effective functioning of the welfare state.

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赛车脉搏：医学浪漫小说中的性别、专业精神和医疗保健

随着 1948 年 NHS 的成立，出现了一种新的浪漫小说子类型：“医生-护士”浪漫故事，通常涉及男医生和女护士之间的浪漫，故事发生在 NHS 医院。本文利用 Mills & Boon 档案和小说本身，探讨了战后英国医疗服务的表现形式和性别医疗保健专业主义的概念。我认为，医学米尔斯和布恩的小说没有提出对女性生活的“逆行”和“有限”观点，而是经常提出女性身份、职业身份、临床劳动和福利国家有效运作的微妙版本。