Dr. Nurse: Science, Politics, and the Transformation of American Nursing

by Dominique A. Tobbell

Book Overview

An analysis of the efforts of American nurses to establish nursing as an academic discipline and nurses as valued researchers in the decades after World War II.

Nurses represent the largest segment of the US health care workforce and spend significantly more time with patients than any other member of the health care team. Dr. Nurse probes their history to examine major changes that have taken place in American health care in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226822907
• ISBN13: 9780226822907
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.6"