1st Edition
Fever Hospitals and Fever Nurses A British Social History of Fever Nurses: A National Service
By Margaret Currie
Copyright 2005
260 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This well researched book provides an interesting study of the development of fever hospitals and fever nursing, mainly in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain. It provides new insights into the development of nursing roles and nurse education and looks at the lives of key figures at that time. The text examines how this once important branch of the nursing profession emerged in the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Institutional Care and the Development of Fever Nursing 3. State Registration to the Decline of Fever Nursing 4. The Reality of Fever and Nursing 5. Smallpox Nursing 6. Fever Nurse Cavell in the 1890s 7. Two Influential Fever Nurses 8. Conclusion
Biography
Margaret Currie, a registered general nurse, nurse tutor, and recently a senior lecturer at the University of Luton, has carried out extensive research into fever hospitals and fever nursing, and lectured on the subject in Britain and Canada. Her publications include articles on fever and smallpox nursing and she is a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography (2004). She is currently Health Care Historian at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust and a Senior Research Fellow (Hon) at the University of Luton.
