Capturing nursing history
Subtitle: a guide to historical methods in research
By: Sandra B. Lewenson, Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, editors.
Contributors: Lewenson, Sandra.; Herrmann, Eleanor Krohn.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780826115669
Subjects: Nursing -- Historiography; Nursing -- Research -- Methodology
Description: While there have been many research texts in the nursing literature, and nursing history is both taught in courses and of popular interest to practicing nurses, there has never been a hands-on text that describes the process of doing historical research in nursing. This book, contributed by well-known and respected nurse historians, will provide the necessary direction, guidance, and examples needed to conduct historical research. It will cover such topics as historiography, biographical research, using artifacts in historical research, doing archival and other data searches, doing international historical research, and locating funding sources for historical research. Case studies are used throughout to illustrate various methods and describe how, why, when, and where historical research is used in nursing.

Features of this edition: Provides direction and tools for conducting historical research, Describes types of historical research, including biographical and oral histories, Covers frameworks used to study historical events, such as social, political, feminist, intellectual, and cultural, Addresses contemporary issues such as preserving and storing digitalized and tape-recorded data, obtaining institutional review board (IRB) approval for research, and addressing ethical and legal issues in historical research, Includes case studies that provide a "how-to" guide to conducting research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Artifacts: additional resources": p. 199-200.
Table of contents: title: Why do historical research? / Sandra B. Lewenson and Eleanor Krohn Herrmann; title: Conceptual and methodological issues in historical research / Patricia D'Antonio; title: Doing historical research / Sandra B. Lewenson; title: Using frameworks in historical research / Joy Buck; title: Critical issues in the use of biographic methods in nursing history / Sonya J. Grypma; title: Oral history research / Geertje Boschma ... [et al.]; title: Reflections on researcher subjectivity and identity in nursing history / Geertje Boschma, Sonya J. Grypma, and Florence Melchior; title: Historical research in developing countries / Eleanor Krohn Herrmann; title: Working with primary sources : an overview / Keith C. Mages and Julie A. Fairman; title: "The truth about the past"? : the art of working with archival materials / Christine Hallett; title: About artifacts / Eleanor Krohn Herrmann; title: Ethical guidelines and standards of professional conduct / Nettie Birnbach; title: Using ethical guidelines and standards of professional conduct / Sandra B. Lewenson and Eleanor Krohn Herrmann; title: Funding for historical research / Jean C. Whelan and Cynthia Anne Connolly.