Overview
In the years after 1868, when Japan's long period of self-imposed isolation ended, in nursing, as in every other aspect of life, the Japanese looked to the west. This book tells the story of 'Florence Nightingale-ism' in Japan, showing how Japanese nursing developed from 1868 to the present. It discusses how Japanese nursing adopted western models, implementing 'Nightingale-ism' in a conscious, caricature way, and implemented it more fully, at least on the surface, than in Britain. At the same time Japanese nurses had to cope, with great difficulty, with traditional Japanese attitudes, which were strongly opposed to women being involved in professions of any kind, and, as the book shows, western models did not in fact penetrate very deeply.
Full Product Details
Author: Aya Takahashi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.570kg
ISBN: 9780415305792
ISBN 10: 0415305799
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 November 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
<p>'[Takahashi] makes an original contribution to the history of nursing in Japan through her careful research in various archives, particularly those of several branches of the Red Cross, the International Nursing Council, and the Rockkefeeler Foundation.' - Monumenta Nipponica<p>'[This book] makes a valuable contribution to the trans-national social history both of nursing and medicine ... the author challenges current limits of women's history, offering a fresh international perspective.' - Medical History
<p>'[Takahashi] makes an original contribution to the history of nursing in Japan through her careful research in various archives, particularly those of several branches of the Red Cross, the International Nursing Council, and the Rockkefeeler Foundation.' - Monumenta Nipponica <p>'[This book] makes a valuable contribution to the trans-national social history both of nursing and medicine ... the author challenges current limits of women's history, offering a fresh international perspective.' - Medical History
'[Takahashi] makes an original contribution to the history of nursing in Japan through her careful research in various archives, particularly those of several branches of the Red Cross, the International Nursing Council, and the Rockkefeeler Foundation.' - Monumenta Nipponica '[This book] makes a valuable contribution to the trans-national social history both of nursing and medicine ... the author challenges current limits of women's history, offering a fresh international perspective.' - Medical History
Author Information
Aya Takahashi is Associate Professor at the International Student Center, Hokkaido University, Japan.
