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Autore: | McDonald Lynn <1940-> |
Titolo: | Florence Nightingale at first hand [[electronic resource] /] / Lynn McDonald |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Continuum, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 610.73092 |
Soggetto topico: | Public health - Great Britain |
Nurses - Great Britain | |
Women - Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Preface; Dramatis Personae; A Quick Sketch of Florence Nightingale's Life; 1 The Making of Florence Nightingale; 2 The Social Reformer; 3 War; 4 Health Care, Nursing and Midwifery; 5 Workhouse Infirmaries and Hospitals; 6 India and Empire; 7 Nightingale's Legacy; Endnotes; Recommended Sources on Florence Nightingale; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous figures in modern history. Yet much of what we know of her emanates from unreliable second-hand accounts, and from a misreading of the primary sources. Florence Nightingale at First Hand by Lynn McDonald, editor of Nightingale's Collected Works , and the world's foremost Nightingale authority, aims to put this right. This is a book which reports what Florence Nightingale said and did, based on her writing, of which a massive amount survives, scattered in over two hundred archives throughout the world. Published to commemorate the centenary of Nigh |
Titolo autorizzato: | Florence Nightingale at first hand |
ISBN: | 1-282-87551-5 |
9786612875519 | |
1-4411-6671-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459379603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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