New Directions In Nursing History

Download or read book New Directions in Nursing History written by Susan McGann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship. Covering a range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, this book draws on research from eleven different countries to address: the issues of professionalism within nursing the social and ethical issues which are woven into the relationship between the nurse/midwife and her patient/client the trans-cultural dimensions nurses create when they move from one culture to another and the recent developments in historiography.