Politics of Nursing Knowledge

<p><em>The Politics of Nursing Knowledge</em> puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education. Anne Marie Rafferty makes a critical reappraisal of Florence Nightingale's vision of nursing and looks at how training and policy-making have evolved from the origins of hospital reform in the 1860s to the start of the National Health Service in 1948.<br><br>Highlighting the contemporary issues confronting all those in training the book questions the extent to which nursing fits into the mould of both a profession and an academic discipline. Based on substantial new research <em>The Politics of Nursing Knowledge</em> is a valuable resource for nursing students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.</p>