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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782876003321

Titolo

American nursing : a biographical dictionary . Volume 3 / / Vern L. Bullough, Lilli Sentz, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer, , 2000

ISBN

1-281-81314-1

9786611813147

0-8261-1747-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 pages) : portraits

Altri autori (Persone)

BulloughVern L

SentzLilli

Disciplina

610.73

610.73/092/2

Soggetti

Nurses - United States

Nursing - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; THE NURSES; INDEXES

Sommario/riassunto

From the frontier to the university, this exciting collection traces the development of the nursing profession through the biographies of individual nurses since 1925 that helped to create its unique history. Among the notable nurses featured in this volume are Faye Abdellah, Virginia Henderson, Margaret Kerr, Thelma Schorr, and many more.