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The book fills a major gap in the history of nurse training, by giving a sustained account of the apprenticeship model of nursing in context, and charting changing values away from the historic vocational tradition. Its copious use of primary sources will make this a key text for nurses, historians and policy makers.
List of contents
Contents: Introduction; The principles and practices of nursing in historical context: the Nightingale tradition of nursing, 1860-1896; Voices from the Nightingale nursing tradition - views of nurse leaders 1874-1982; Nurse registration: rationalising the spirit, 1888-1925; From registration to the new National Health Service: the age of reports 1923-1948; British nursing tradition and the North American influence 1948-1960; The turn of the tide, 1960-1972; Behind the scenes: battle for the soul of nursing, 1960-1978; The end of the nurse apprentice 1969-1979; Conclusion: lessons from history and the significance of the nurse apprentice; Bibliography; Index.
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Ann Bradshaw
Summary
The book fills a major gap in the history of nurse training, by giving a sustained account of the apprenticeship model of nursing in context, and charting changing values away from the historic vocational tradition. Its copious use of primary sources will make this a key text for nurses, historians and policy makers.
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'Bradshaw's sources are impressive. In addition to archives, she draws extensively on nursing journals and nursing text books, demonstrating their value as a primary source for historical research.' Social History of Medicine Vol. 15, No 2 '...the richness of the source material and the percipient analysis of the same make this book an important contribution to the history of British nursing.' Ethics and Medicine
