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American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
Patricia D´antonio
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Description for American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
Paperback. Scholars in the history of medicine, nursing, and public policy, those interested in the intersections of identity, work, gender, education, and race, and nurses will find this a provocative book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; MQCW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
This new interpretation of the history of nursing in the United States captures the many ways women reframed the most traditional of all gender expectations-that of caring for the sick-to create new possibilities for themselves, to renegotiate the terms of some of their life experiences, and to reshape their own sense of worth and power. For much of modern U.S. history, nursing was informal, often uncompensated, and almost wholly the province of female family and community members. This began to change at the end of the nineteenth century when the prospect of formal training opened for women doors that had ... Read more
This new interpretation of the history of nursing in the United States captures the many ways women reframed the most traditional of all gender expectations-that of caring for the sick-to create new possibilities for themselves, to renegotiate the terms of some of their life experiences, and to reshape their own sense of worth and power. For much of modern U.S. history, nursing was informal, often uncompensated, and almost wholly the province of female family and community members. This began to change at the end of the nineteenth century when the prospect of formal training opened for women doors that had ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801895654
SKU
V9780801895654
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About Patricia D´antonio
Patricia D'Antonio is an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the associate director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a Senior Fellow with the Leonard Davis Institute. She is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester's School of ... Read more
Reviews for American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
A valuable resource and an excellent addition to any library's collection for those interested in the history of nursing and the struggle of a profession to become autonomous. Doody's Review Service 2010 This new book is both a remarkable story about a noble profession and a rich illustration of the important place of the scholarly press.
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