The Politics of Nursing Knowledge.
Title:
The Politics of Nursing Knowledge.
Author:
Rafferty, Anne Marie.
ISBN:
9780203428962
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Reformatory rhetoric -- The character of training and training of character -- Registration revisited -- The Nurses' Registration Act -- Crisis and conflict in the Caretaker Council (1919 23) -- The education policy of the General Nursing Council (1919 32) -- Commission and committee in nurse education policy (1930 9) -- Nationalising nursing education (1939 48) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education. Anne Marie Rafferty makes a critical reappraisal of Florence Nightingale's vision of nursing and looks at how training and policy-making have evolved from the origins of hospital reform in the 1860s to the start of the National Health Service in 1948. Highlighting the contemporary issues confronting all those in training, the book questions the extent to which nursing fits into the mould of both a profession and an academic discipline. Based on substantial new research, The Politics of Nursing Knowledge is a valuable resource for nursing students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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