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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783957403321

Autore

Rafferty Anne Marie

Titolo

The politics of nursing knowledge / / Anne Marie Rafferty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-82204-9

1-280-01867-4

0-203-42896-X

1-134-82205-7

9786610018673

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

610.73/071/141

Soggetti

Nursing - Study and teaching - Government policy - Great Britain

Nursing - Study and teaching - Political aspects - Great Britain

Professional socialization - Great Britain

Occupational prestige - Great Britain

Nurses - Great Britain - Social conditions

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 (p. [256]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Reformatory rhetoric; The character of training and training of character; Registration revisited; The Nurses' Registration Act; Crisis and conflict in the Caretaker Council (1919  23); The education policy of the General Nursing Council (1919  32); Commission and committee in nurse education policy (1930  9); Nationalising nursing education (1939  48); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the evolution of training and policy-making and highlighting contemporary issues confronting those in training, Anne-Marie Rafferty analyses how far nursing fits into the mould of both a profession and an academic discipline.