Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare (Paperback)

Nursing history has become a reflective area of scholarship, which recognizes the inescapable social, political, economic and cultural factors infuencing the profession. This volume highlights the significant contribution that researching nursing history has to make in settling a new intellectual and political agenda for nurses. Reflecting the international scale of current research, 17 contributors look at nursing from different perspectives, as it has developed under different regimes and ideologies and at different points in time in America, Australia, Britain, Germany, India, the Phillipines and South Africa. They examine the ways in which the nursing workforce is segmented and stratified along race, class and gender lines and how differences of culture undermine attempts to theorise nursing and healh care in universal terms. Comparing the problems and potential of the equal rights and difference approaches, they propose strategies for achieving greater recognition for nursing, to bring it into line with other related, yet male-dominated professions within the health care arena.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	1997
Editors:	Ann Marie Rafferty • Jane Robinson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-13836-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-415-13836-1
Barcode:	9780415138369

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!