Indian Sisters : a History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007.

Health and medicine cannot be understood without considering the role of nurses, both as professionals and as working women. In India, unlike other countries, nurses have suffered an exceptional degree of neglect at the hands of state, a situation that has been detrimental to the quality of both rur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Healey, Madelaine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:South Asian history and culture.
Temas:
Nursing > India > History.
Nurses > India > History.
Indian nurses > History.
Infirmières > Inde > Histoire.
Infirmières des Peuples autochtones > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Indian nurses
Nurses
Nursing
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Health and medicine cannot be understood without considering the role of nurses, both as professionals and as working women. In India, unlike other countries, nurses have suffered an exceptional degree of neglect at the hands of state, a situation that has been detrimental to the quality of both rural and urban health care. Charting the history of the development of nursing in India over 100 years, Indian Sisters examines the reasons why nurses have so consistently been sidelined and excluded from health care governance and policymaking. The book challenges the routine s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (364 pages)
ISBN:9781317560098
1317560094

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