The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession - Adopting and Adapting Western Influences (Hardcover)

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 beginning of the 21st century. 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	Aya Takahashi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-30579-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-415-30579-9
Barcode:	9780415305792

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