Parution – Nursing and Midwifery in Britain since 1700

Parution – Nursing and Midwifery in Britain since 1700

 Anne Borsay and Billie Hunter (eds), Nursing and Midwifery in Britain since 1700, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Pp. xi + 244. £21.99. ISBN 978 0 230 24703 1.

Nursing and Midwifery: Historical Approaches; A.Borsay & B.Hunter

PART I: NURSING 1700-2000
Nursing, 1700-1830: Families, Communities, Institutions; A.Borsay
Nursing, 1830-1920: Forging a Profession; C.E.Hallett
Nursing, 1920-2000: The Dilemmas of Professionalization; A.Hull

PART II: MIDWIFERY 1700-2000
Midwifery, 1700-1800: The Man-Midwife as Competitor; H.King
Midwifery, 1800-1920: The Journey to Registration; A.Nuttall
Midwifery, 1920-2000: The Reshaping of a Profession; B.Hunter

PART III: COMPARING NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
International Comparisons: The Nursing-Midwifery Interface; W.Connerton & P.D’Antonio
Nursing and Midwifery: An Uneasy Alliance or Natural Bedfellows?; B.Hunter & A.Borsay

Epilogue: Contemporary Challenges; J.Sandall & A.M.Rafferty

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