Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
Contents
Troubling relations -- Object lessons -- The utensils and materials at hand -- The physician's eyes -- Truly and technically nursing -- Spectacular nursing -- Troubled borders.
Summary
The author traces the relationship between nursing and technology from the 1870s to the present. She argues that while technology has helped shape and intensify persistent dilemmas in nursing, it has also both advanced and impeded the development of the nursing profession.