Anne Borsay, Billie Hunter

Nursing and Midwifery in Britain Since 1700 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Nurses and midwives, both qualified and in training, have a lively interest in how their professions have developed. A stimulating collection of research-based essays, this book explores and compares the distinct histories of nursing and midwifery in Britain from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the modern day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350310865
• Artikelnr.: 62723297

Autorenporträt

ANNE BORSAY is Professor of Health Care and Medical Humanities at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Nursing and Midwifery: Historical Approaches;  A.Borsay  &  B.Hunter  
PART I: NURSING 1700-2000
Nursing, 1700-1830: Families, Communities, Institutions;  A.Borsay
Nursing, 1830-1920: Forging a Profession;  C.E.Hallett
Nursing, 1920-2000: The Dilemmas of Professionalization;  A.Hull  
PART II: MIDWIFERY 1700-2000 
Midwifery, 1700-1800: The Man-Midwife as Competitor;  H.King
Midwifery, 1800-1920: The Journey to Registration;  A.Nuttall
Midwifery, 1920-2000: The Reshaping of a Profession;  B.Hunter  
PART III: COMPARING NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
International Comparisons: The Nursing-Midwifery Interface;  W.Connerton
 &  P.D'Antonio
Nursing and Midwifery: An Uneasy Alliance or Natural Bedfellows?;  B.Hunter
 &  A.Borsay
Epilogue: Contemporary Challenges;  J.Sandall  &  A.M.Rafferty.