New Directions in Nursing History

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