Devices and Desires
Subtitle: Gender, Technology, and American Nursing (Studies in Social Medicine)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; University of North Carolina
Published: November 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807848937
Subjects: Gender Studies; History of engineering & technology; History of medicine; Nursing; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Women's Studies - General; USA; Nursing - General; Social Aspects; Social Science / Women's Studies; history of nursing; medical technology; gender studies; technology studies; history of professions; hospital literature; History of Nursing; Technology; History; Medical technology; United States
Description: 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.