1st Edition
Indian Sisters A History of Nursing and the State, 1907–2007
By Madelaine Healey
Copyright 2013
364 Pages
by
Routledge India
364 Pages
by
Routledge India
364 Pages
by
Routledge India
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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... Read more
List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Institution of Modern Nursing in Indian Society 2. Lighting India’s Lamp: Nursing Leadership and the Colonial State, 1905–47 3. ‘Seeds That May Have Been Planted May Take Root’: International Aid Nurses and Projects of Professionalism, 1947–65 4. From Green Park to Bollywood: The Development of Nursing Organisation, 1947–2006 5. The Indian State and the Disappearing Nurse 6. ‘Nurses Anytime’: Emigration and the Status Question. Conclusion: The Four Feet upon which a Cure must Rest. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Madelaine Healey is an independent researcher based in London.
