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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821326603321

Autore

Dingwall Robert

Titolo

An introduction to the social history of nursing / / Robert Dingwall, Anne Marie Rafferty, Charles Webster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1988

ISBN

1-134-97870-7

1-134-97871-5

1-280-01874-7

9786610018741

0-203-40331-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 256 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RaffertyAnne Marie

WebsterCharles <1936->

Disciplina

610.73/0941

Soggetti

Nursing - Great Britain - History

Care of the sick

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary of abbreviations; Nurses and Servants; The Revolution in Nursing; The New Model Nurse; Making the Myths; The Search for Unity; The Nationalization of Nursing; Mental Disorder and Mental Handicap; Midwifery; District Nursing and Health Visiting; Professional Autonomy and Economic Constraints; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application of concepts and methods from the social sciences to original sources. The myths and legends which have grown up through a century of anecdotal writing have been chipped away to reveal the complex story of an occupation shaped and reshaped by social and technological change. Most of the work has been scattered in monographs, journals and edited collections. The skills of a social historian, a sociologist and a graduate nurse have been brought together to rethink the history of modern nursing.