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On all frontiers : four centuries of Canadian nursing /

Nursing has a long and varied history in Canada. Since the founding of the first hospital by the Augustine nuns in 1637, nurses have contributed greatly to Canadians' quality of life. On All Frontiers is a comprehensive history of Canadian nursing. Editors Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, and Nico...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Otros Autores: Bates, Christina, Dodd, Dianne, 1955-, Rousseau, Nicole, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa [Ont.] : Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa = University of Ottawa Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: In the Home; Chapter 1 Lay Nursing from the New France Era to the End of the Nineteenth Century (1608-1891); Chapter 2 Canadian Midwifery: Blending Traditional and Modern Practices; Chapter 3 The Trained Nurse: Private Duty and VON Home Nursing (Late 1800s to 1940s); Part Two: In the Hospital; Chapter 4 Healing the Body and Saving the Soul: Nursing Sisters and the First Catholic Hospitals in Quebec (1639-1880); Chapter 5 The Nightingale Influence and the Rise of the Modern Hospital.