Jubilee nurse
Subtitle: voluntary district nursing in Ireland, 1890-1974
By: Elizabeth Prendergast and Helen Sheridan
Contributors: Sheridan, Helen (Community volunteer)
Publisher: Wolfhound Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780863279805; 9780863279836; 9780863279843
Subjects: Community health nursing; History; Voluntarism; Communities
Description: Presenting the stories of hundreds of communities throughout Ireland, this book details the history of a complex voluntary system which enabled the provision of trained nurses to care for patients in their own homes. This history highlights the work of exceptional Irish women from diverse backgrounds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266).