Healing Henan : Canadian nurses at the North China Mission, 1888-1947 / Sonya Grypma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grypma, Sonya, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions, Medical--China--Henan Sheng--History.

Missions, Medical.

Nursing--China--Henan Sheng--History.

Nursing.

Missions, Canadian--China--Henan Sheng--History.

Missions, Canadian.

Protestant churches--Missions--China--Henan Sheng--History.

Protestant churches.

Nursing--Canada--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While volumes have been written about the Protestant missionary movement in China, scant attention has been paid to the role of nursing and nurses in these missions. Set against a backdrop of war and revolution, Healing Henan brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing. From the time Presbyterian (later United Church) missionaries arrived in China in 1888 until the abrupt closure of the North China Mission in 1947, Canadian nurses were ubiquitous in Henan. As China underwent a tumultuous transition from dynastic kingdom to independent republic, Canadian nurses advanced a version of hospital-based nursing education and practice that rivalled modern nursing care in Canada. In Healing Henan, Sonya Grypma offers a highly readable and fresh perspective on China missions and the global expansion of professional nursing. As the first comprehensive study of missionary nursing in China, it will be of particular interest to nurses and missionaries, and to historians of Canada, China, nursing, medicine, women's work, and missions.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Spellings

Abbreviations

Introduction

The Gospel of Soap and Water, 1888-1900

Visions Interrupted, 1901-20

Modern Nursing at Last, 1921-27

Golden Years, 1928-37

Scattered Dreams, 1937-40

War Years, 1941-45

The Last Days, 1946-47

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendices

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45741-1

9786612457418

0-7748-5563-0

OCLC:

747432464