An Introduction to the Social History of Nursing

by Robert Dingwall, Anne Marie Rafferty, Charles Webster

Book Overview

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application of concepts and methods from the social sciences to original sources. The myths and legends which have grown up through a century of anecdotal writing have been chipped away to reveal the complex story of an occupation shaped and reshaped by social and technological change. Most of the work has been scattered in monographs, journals and edited collections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415017866
• ISBN13: 9780415017862
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"