Place and practice in Canadian nursing history / edited by Jayne Elliott, Meryn Stuart, and Cynthia Toman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stuart, Meryn Elisabeth.

Elliott, Jayne, 1949-

Toman, Cynthia, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Canada--History.

Nursing.

Nurses--Canada--History.

Nurses.

Nurses--Canada--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The close association between nurses and hospitals often obscures the diversity and complexity of nursing work in other contexts. Place and Practice in Canadian Nursing History looks at nurses and nursing in a wide range of settings from the mid-1800s to the 1970s, including indigenous women on the Canadian prairies; First World War nurses posted overseas; outpost nurses in rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec; public health nurses in Winnipeg; and religious congregations in nursing education in New Brunswick. The contributors use feminist and historical perspectives to illustrate how place - understood as both social context and geographic setting - shaped nursing identities and practices. They point out that many nurses found place both liberating and constraining, often simultaneously. Paying attention to place also situates these nurses and their work within larger historical themes of nation-building, war, and political change. Highlighting the complex relationship between place and practice, this volume offers fresh interpretations of nursing history and the history of Canadian health care in general. It will interest historians of gender, race, class, work, and health care, nurse educators and their students, as well as professional nurses and other members of the public interested in nursing history.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "A Loyal Body of Empire Citizens": Military Nurses and Identity at Lemnos and Salonika, 1915-17; 2 Social Sisters: A Feminist Analysis of the Discourses of Canadian Military Nurse Helen Fowlds, 1915-18; 3 The Healing Work of Aboriginal Women in Indigenous and Newcomer Communities; 4 Cleansers, Cautious Caregivers, and Optimistic Adventurers: A Proposed Typology of Arctic Canadian Nurses, 1945-70; 5 Region, Faith, and Health: The Development of Winnipeg's Visiting Nursing Agencies, 1897-1926

6 "Suitable Young Women": Red Cross Nursing Pioneers and the Crusade for Healthy Living in Manitoba, 1920-30; 7 The Call of the North: Settlement Nurses in the Remote Areas of Québec, 1932-72; 8 (Re)constructing the Identity of a Red Cross Outpost Nurse: The Letters of Louise de Kiriline, 1927-36; 9 University Nursing Education for Francophones in New Brunswick in the 1960's: The Role of Nuns, Priests, Politicians, and Nurses; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45730-6

9786612457302

0-7748-1559-0

OCLC:

923446935