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Author:   Helen M. Sweet (Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, UK) ,  with Rona Dougall (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 30
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415956345

ISBN 10:   041595634
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   31 October 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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'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

Author Information

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.

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