Full Description
Nurses and midwives, both qualified and in training, have a lively interest in how their professions have developed. A stimulating collection of research-based essays, this book explores and compares the distinct histories of nursing and midwifery in Britain from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the modern day.
Contents
Nursing and Midwifery: Historical Approaches; A.Borsay & B.Hunter
PART I: NURSING 1700-2000
Nursing, 1700-1830: Families, Communities, Institutions; A.Borsay
Nursing, 1830-1920: Forging a Profession; C.E.Hallett
Nursing, 1920-2000: The Dilemmas of Professionalization; A.Hull
PART II: MIDWIFERY 1700-2000
Midwifery, 1700-1800: The Man-Midwife as Competitor; H.King
Midwifery, 1800-1920: The Journey to Registration; A.Nuttall
Midwifery, 1920-2000: The Reshaping of a Profession; B.Hunter
PART III: COMPARING NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
International Comparisons: The Nursing-Midwifery Interface; W.Connerton & P.D'Antonio
Nursing and Midwifery: An Uneasy Alliance or Natural Bedfellows?; B.Hunter & A.Borsay
Epilogue: Contemporary Challenges; J.Sandall & A.M.Rafferty.
