1st Edition

The Care of the Sick The Emergence of Modern Nursing

By Vern L. Bullough, Bonnie Bullough Copyright 1979
322 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1979, The Care of the Sick is a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the emergence of modern nursing. Beginning with primitive and early historical nursing, the book traces the development of nursing through the ages and covers a variety of key topics, including the rise of the trained nurse; the problems faced by nursing during its development as a profession;... Read more

1: Primitive and Early Historical Nursing; 2: Medieval Nursing; 3: Nursing in Transition; 4: Nursing and the Age of Reform; 5: The Rise of the Trained Nurse; 6: The Problems of a Developing Profession; 7: Changing Standards in Nursing; 8: Education and Working Conditions; 9: Government and Nursing; 10: Specialization and Stratification; 11: Economics of the Profession and its Changing Image; 12: The Second Hundred Years

Biography

Vern and Bonnie Bullough