Since The Founding Of The First Hospital By The Augustine Nuns In 1637, Nurses Have Contributed Greatly To The Quality Of Life Of Canadians. From The Midwives Of Early Canada To Contemporary Public Health Nurses, And From Remote Northern Outposts To The Battlefields Of Europe, On All Frontiers Documents The Hardships, Challenges, And Achievements Of Canadian Nurses Over Four Centuries. Researched And Written By Nurses And Historians, This Unparalleled Book Brings Together A Vast Body Of Research Into One Volume. Fourteen Chapters And 28 Vignettes, Illustrated With Archival Photographs And Paintings, Form This Overview Of Canadian Nursing.--book Jacket. Introduction / Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd And Nicole Rousseau -- Ch. 1. Lay Nursing From The New France Era To The End Of The Nineteenth Century (1608-1891) / Judith Young And Nicole Rousseau -- Ch. 2. Canadian Midwifery : Blending Traditional And Modern Practices / Cecilia Benoit And Dena Carroll -- Ch. 3. The Trained Nurse : Private Duty And Von Home Nursing (late 1800s To 1940s) / Barbara Keddy And Dianne Dodd -- Ch. 4. Healing The Body And Saving The Soul : Nursing Sisters And The First Catholic Hospitals In Quebec (1639-1880) / Brigitte Violette -- Ch. 5. The Nightingale Influence And The Rise Of The Modern Hospital / Kathryn Mcpherson -- Ch. 6. Body Work, Medical Technology, And Hospital Nursing Practice / Cynthia Toman -- Ch. 7. Public Health Nursing / Marion Mckay -- Ch. 8. Religious Nursing Orders Of Canada : A Presence On All Western Frontiers / Pauline Paul -- Ch. 9. Outpost Nursing In Canada / Dianne Dodd, Jayne Elliott And Nicole Rousseau -- Ch. 10. Caregiving On The Front : The Experience Of Canadian Military Nurses During World War I / Genevieve Allard -- Ch. 11. Ready, Aye Ready : Canadian Military Nurses As An Expandable And Expendable Workforce (1920-2000) / Cynthia Toman -- Ch. 12. Enough But Not Too Much : Nursing Education In English Language Canada (1874-2000) / Lynn Kirkwood -- Ch. 13. Professionalism And Canadian Nursing / Diana Mansell And Dianne Dodd -- Ch. 14. Unionization Of Canadian Nursing / Sharon Richardson. Editors, Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, Nicole Rousseau. Issued Also In French Under Title: Sans Frontières : Quatre Siècles De Soins Infirmiers Canadiens. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 243-246). Co-published By: Canadian Museum Of Civilization.
Categories:
- Medical Books
- History
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Author : Christina Bates (Editor)
Language : English
Published :2005-04-30
Number Of Pages : 250
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0776605917
ISBN-13 : 9780776605913
Item weight : 2.3 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 9 in x 10.9 in
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