| Description |
xvii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index. |
| Contents |
Abortion -- African-American nurses -- Ancient times -- Martha Ballard -- Clara Barton -- Mary Ann Bickerdyke -- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell -- Mary Breckinridge -- Cadet Nurse Corps -- Edith Cavell -- Elizabeth Cellier -- Christian nursing -- Civil War -- Nursing under Communism -- Kate Cumming -- Curandera -- Naomi Deutsch -- Disease -- Dorothea Dix -- Angélique du Coudray -- Anna Blair Etheridge -- Florence Farmborough -- Genevíève de Galard -- Gender issues in nursing -- Mother Angela Gillespie -- Clara Hale -- Esther Hasson -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Hospice -- Anne Hutchinson -- Mary Agnes Jones -- Elizabeth Kenny -- Korean War -- Susan La Flesche Picotte -- Ruth Lubic -- Medieval and early Renaissance nursing -- Midwifery -- Native American nursing -- Navy Nurse Corps -- Nazi nurses -- Florence Nightingale -- Nineteenth-century nursing -- M. Adelaide Nutting -- Dame Mary Rosalind Paget -- Public health nursing -- Red Cross -- Revolutionary War -- Linda Richards -- Luisa Rosado -- Margaret Sanger -- Dr. Cicely Saunders -- Mary Jane Seacole -- Tsahaí Haíle Selassíe -- Spanish-American War -- Marie Stopes -- Mother Teresa -- Twentieth-century nursing -- Vietnam War -- Saint Vincent de Paul -- Florence Wald -- Lillian D. Wald -- World War I -- World War II -- Timeline of landmarks in nursing -- Works by and about healers. |
| Summary |
An encyclopedia covering the history of nursing, spanning topics from abortion to World War II. |
| Subject |
Nursing -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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History of Nursing -- Encyclopedias -- English.
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| ISBN |
1576070867 alkaline paper |
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