Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain

Zusatztext 'This book makes a significant contribution to the history of caring so needed anlongside the predominance of histories of management and professional formation in the canon of nursing publications.' – Medical History Informationen zum Autor Dr Helen Sweet is currently working at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, as a Research Associate. Dr Rona Dougall is research Assistant at the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Klappentext This book looks at community nursing history in Great Britain during the twentieth century to examine the significant changes affecting the nurse's work on the district including compulsory registration for general nursing, changes in organisation, training, conditions of service and workload. Zusammenfassung This book looks at community nursing history in Great Britain during the twentieth century to examine the significant changes affecting the nurse?s work on the district including compulsory registration for general nursing, changes in organisation, training, conditions of service and workload. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Glossary and Conventions Introduction PART 1: The history of District Nursing. Chapter 1 Historical Trajectories: c1850-1919 Chapter 2 What became of the Lady? The inter-war period 1919-1939 Chapter 3 War to Welfare State: 1939-1948 Chapter 4 Changing places: 1948-Project 2000 PART 2: Themes and Issues: The district nurse and the changing world of primary health care. Chapter 5 Town nurse, country nurse: district nursing landscape Chapter 6 Technology, treatment and TLC Chapter 7 Generals and Generalists Chapter 8 Language of Caring: Care and nurses’ lives. Chapter 9 Portraits of a District Nurse Chapter 10 Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Rona Dougall, With Rona Dougall, Helen Sweet, Helen M. Sweet, Sweet Helen M.
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415956345
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95634-5
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine; Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; 20th Century, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Nursing / Home & Community Care, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Community nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans