American Nursing A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work

Name: American Nursing A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
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ISBN: 9780801895654

ISBN-10: 0801895650

ISBN-13: 9780801895654

Edition: 2010

Authors: Patricia D'Antonio

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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 been previously closed. Nurses became respected professionals, and becoming a…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/11/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.792