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The politics of nursing knowledge / Anne Marie Rafferty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rafferty, Anne Marie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--Study and teaching--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Nursing.
- Nursing--Study and teaching--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Professional socialization--Great Britain.
- Professional socialization.
- Occupational prestige--Great Britain.
- Occupational prestige.
- Nurses--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Nurses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on the evolution of training and policy-making and highlighting contemporary issues confronting those in training, Anne-Marie Rafferty analyses how far nursing fits into the mould of both a profession and an academic discipline.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Reformatory rhetoric; The character of training and training of character; Registration revisited; The Nurses' Registration Act; Crisis and conflict in the Caretaker Council (1919 23); The education policy of the General Nursing Council (1919 32); Commission and committee in nurse education policy (1930 9); Nationalising nursing education (1939 48); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-82204-9
- 1-280-01867-4
- 0-203-42896-X
- 1-134-82205-7
- 9786610018673
- 9780203428962
- OCLC:
- 275182045
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