Madelaine Healey

Indian Sisters

A History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive account of the development of nursing in India from 1907-2007, the book critiques conventional explanations for the low status of nursing as attributable to cultural factors, and shifts the focus to the problematic and neglected relationship between the state and professional nursing organisations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781138663916
• ISBN-10: 1138663913
• Artikelnr.: 44826250

Autorenporträt

Madelaine Healey is an independent researcher based in London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements.
Introduction 1. The Institution of Modern Nursing in Indian Society 2.
Lighting India's Lamp: Nursing Leadership and the Colonial State, 1905-47
3. 'Seeds That May Have Been Planted May Take Root': International Aid
Nurses and Projects of Professionalism, 1947-65 4. From Green Park to
Bollywood: The Development of Nursing Organisation, 1947-2006 5. The Indian
State and the Disappearing Nurse 6. 'Nurses Anytime': Emigration and the
Status Question. Conclusion: The Four Feet upon which a Cure must Rest.
Bibliography. About the Author. Index