Nursing and midwifery in Britain since 1700
By: edited by Anne Borsay and Billie Hunter
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230247031
Subjects: Midwifery; History, Modern 1601-; Nurse Midwives; Professional Role; History of Nursing; History
Description: "Nurses and midwives, both qualified and in training, have a lively interest in how their professions have developed. A stimulating collection of research-based essays, this book explores and compares the distinct histories of nursing and midwifery in Britain from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the modern day"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Nursing and midwifery : historical approaches / Anne Borsay and Billie Hunter; title: Nursing, 1700-1830 : families, communities, institutions / Anne Borsay; title: Nursing, 1830-1920 : forging a profession / Christine E. Hallett; title: Nursing, 1920-2000 : the dilemmas of professionalization / Andrew Hull with Andrea Jones; title: Midwifery, 1700-1800 : the man-midwife as competiton / Helen King; title: Midwifery, 1800-1920 : the journey to registration / Alison Nuttall; title: Midwifery, 1920-2000 : the reshaping of a profession / Billie Hunter; title: International comparisons : the nursing-midwifery interface / Winifred Connerton and Patricia D'Antonio; title: Nursing and midwifery : an uneasy alliance or natural bedfellows? / Billie Hunter and Anne Borsay; title: Epilogue : contemporary challenges / Jane Sandall and Anne Marie Rafferty.