New Directions in the History of Nursing

This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship, addressing professional, social and ethical issues through research from eleven countries. This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship. Covering a range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, this book draws on research from eleven different countries to address: the issues of professionalism within nursing the social and ethical issues which are woven into the relationship between the nurse/midwife and her patient/client the trans-cultural dimensions nurses create when they move from one culture to another and the recent developments in historiography.