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Nursing and midwifery in Britain since 1700 / edited by Anne Borsay and Billie Hunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--Great Britain--History.
- Nursing.
- Midwifery--Great Britain--History.
- Midwifery.
- Midwifery--history.
- History.
- United Kingdom.
- History of Nursing.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Nurse Midwives--history.
- Professional Role--history.
- Great Britain.
- Medical Subjects:
- Midwifery--history.
- United Kingdom.
- History of Nursing.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Nurse Midwives--history.
- Professional Role--history.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Nursing and midwifery : historical approaches / Anne Borsay and Billie Hunter
- Nursing, 1700-1830 : families, communities, institutions / Anne Borsay
- Nursing, 1830-1920 : forging a profession / Christine E. Hallett
- Nursing, 1920-2000 : the dilemmas of professionalization / Andrew Hull with Andrea Jones
- Midwifery, 1700-1800 : the man-midwife as competiton / Helen King
- Midwifery, 1800-1920 : the journey to registration / Alison Nuttall
- Midwifery, 1920-2000 : the reshaping of a profession / Billie Hunter
- International comparisons : the nursing-midwifery interface / Winifred Connerton and Patricia D'Antonio
- Nursing and midwifery : an uneasy alliance or natural bedfellows? / Billie Hunter and Anne Borsay
- Epilogue : contemporary challenges / Jane Sandall and Anne Marie Rafferty.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230247031
- 0230247032
- OCLC:
- 779263957
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