The Politics of Nursing Knowledge

by Anne Marie Rafferty

Book Overview

The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education. Anne Marie Rafferty makes a critical reappraisal of Florence Nightingale's vision of nursing and looks at how training and policy-making have evolved from the origins of hospital reform in the 1860s to the start of the National Health Service in 1948.

Highlighting the contemporary issues confronting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B004JG7UA4
• ISBN13: 9780415114929
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"