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Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing, 1850–1945
Susan M. Reverby
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Hardback. Ordered to Care examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reforming American nursing from 1850-1945. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 528. Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
An engaging study of the dilemmas faced by American nursing, which examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reform of both trained and untrained nurses in the years between 1850 and 1945. Ordered to Care provides an overall history of nursing's development and places that growth within the context of topical questions raised by women's history and the social history of health care. Building upon extensive use of primary and quantitative data, the author creates a collective portrait of nursing, from the work of the individual nurse to the political efforts of its organizations. Dr Reverby contends that nursing's contemporary ... Read more
An engaging study of the dilemmas faced by American nursing, which examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reform of both trained and untrained nurses in the years between 1850 and 1945. Ordered to Care provides an overall history of nursing's development and places that growth within the context of topical questions raised by women's history and the social history of health care. Building upon extensive use of primary and quantitative data, the author creates a collective portrait of nursing, from the work of the individual nurse to the political efforts of its organizations. Dr Reverby contends that nursing's contemporary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521256049
SKU
KEX0304594
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