Florence Nightingale at first hand
By: Lynn McDonald
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780826441812; 9781441132550
Subjects: History, 19th Century; Military nursing; Nurses; History of Nursing; History, 20th Century; Biography; History
Description: Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous figures in modern history. Yet much of what we know of her emanates from unreliable second-hand accounts, and from a misreading of the primary sources. Lynn McDonald, editor of Nightingale's Collected Works, and the world's foremost Nightingale authority, aims to put this right. This is a book which reports what Florence Nightingale said and did, based on her writing, of which a massive amount survives, scattered in over two hundred archives throughout the world. Published to commemorate the centenary of Nightingale's death, McDonald's study presents a Florence Nightingale for the 21st century, as an author of great style and wit, a systems thinker and pioneering public health reformer--the heroine and nurse were only the start.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.