Florence Nightingale at first hand [[electronic resource] /] / Lynn McDonald

• Autore: McDonald Lynn <1940->
• 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
• 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.: 9910821064203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II