A Bold Profession: African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa

by Leslie Anne Hadfield

Book Overview

In rural South African clinics, Black nurses played critical roles. Charged with administering valuable and life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, these nurses had to navigate the intersections of traditional African healing practices, changing gender relations, and increasing educational and economic opportunities for South Africa's Black middle class between the 1960s and 1980s.

Leslie Anne Hadfield compellingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299331245
• ISBN13: 9780299331245
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"