Prodist, New York

The Care of the Sick: The Emergence of Modern Nursing

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Title: The Care of the Sick: The Emergence of Modern Nursing
Author: Bonnie Bullough Vern L. Bullough
Publisher: Prodist, New York
Published: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 311
Catalogs: Nursing History, History of Medicine
Description: Ex-library. Original pale blue binding with white, red and blue text on spine and cover. Photograph of nurses on strike on rear board. Red pastedowns stamped by UNM Athletic Department, and flyleaf stamped by CSU Hayward Bookstore. Some highlighting on pages. This is a history of nursing, primarily intended for students of nursing, following a period of intense professionalization. Chapters include: Primitive and Early Historical Nursing, Medieval Nursing, Nursing in Transition, The Age of Reform, The Rise of the Trained Nurse, The Problems of a Developing Profession, Changing Standards in Nursing Education and Working Conditions, Government and Nursing, Specialization and Stratification, Economics of the Profession and Its Changing Image, and The Second Hundred Years. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, good condition. 311 pages, octavo.