American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work

by Patricia D'Antonio

Book Overview

First Place, History and Public Policy, 2010 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards

This new interpretation of the history of nursing in the United States captures the many ways women reframed the most traditional of all gender expectations--that of caring for the sick--to create new possibilities for themselves, to renegotiate the terms of some of their life experiences, and to reshape their own sense of worth and power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801895650
• ISBN13: 9780801895654
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary