Palmer Who cared for the carers?

A history of the occupational health of nurses, 1880–1948
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-5261-0284-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Nursing History and Humanities

Compares the histories of psychiatric and voluntary hospital nurses’ health from the rise of the professional nurse in 1880 to the advent of the National Health Service in 1948

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Deborah

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. ‘To help a million sick, you must kill a few nurses’: the impact of the campaign for professional status on nurses’ health, 1890–1914
2. The First World War and nurses’ choice of occupational representation
3. Nurses’ Registration Act, 1919
4. ‘The disease which is most feared’: the problem of tuberculosis and its threat to nurses’ health, 1880–1950
5. Industrial psychology’s influence on the recruitment and welfare of general and mental nurses, 1930–48
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Palmer Deborah:
Debbie Palmer is Associate Lecturer in Medical History at the Centre for Medical History, University of ExeterDebbie Palmer is Associate Lecturer in Medical History at the Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter