Indian Sisters A History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007.
Healey, Madelaine.
Indian Sisters A History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007. - Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (364 pages) - South Asian History and Culture .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Nurse Abroad; 1. The Institution of Modern Nursing in Indian Society; Upward Mobility; 2. Lighting India's Lamp: Nursing Leadership and the Colonial State, 1905-47; An Illustrious Career; 3. 'Seeds That May Have Been Planted May Take Root': International Aid Nurses and Projects of Professionalism, 1947-65; Nursing the Community; 4. From Green Park to Bollywood: The Development of Nursing Organisation, 1947-2006; A Parsi Nurse in UP 5. The Indian State and the Disappearing NurseThe Dean; 6. 'Nurses Anytime': Emigration and the Status Question; Conclusion: The Four Feet upon which a Cure must Rest; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
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 years, Indian Sisters examines the reasons why nurses have so consistently been sidelined and excluded from health care governance and policymaking.The book challenges the routine s.
9781317560098
History of nursing.
Nurses.
Nursing.
Nursing--History.--India
Nurses--History.--India
Indian nurses--History.
Electronic Books.
RT5 / .I535 2014
Indian Sisters A History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007. - Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (364 pages) - South Asian History and Culture .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Nurse Abroad; 1. The Institution of Modern Nursing in Indian Society; Upward Mobility; 2. Lighting India's Lamp: Nursing Leadership and the Colonial State, 1905-47; An Illustrious Career; 3. 'Seeds That May Have Been Planted May Take Root': International Aid Nurses and Projects of Professionalism, 1947-65; Nursing the Community; 4. From Green Park to Bollywood: The Development of Nursing Organisation, 1947-2006; A Parsi Nurse in UP 5. The Indian State and the Disappearing NurseThe Dean; 6. 'Nurses Anytime': Emigration and the Status Question; Conclusion: The Four Feet upon which a Cure must Rest; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
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 years, Indian Sisters examines the reasons why nurses have so consistently been sidelined and excluded from health care governance and policymaking.The book challenges the routine s.
9781317560098
History of nursing.
Nurses.
Nursing.
Nursing--History.--India
Nurses--History.--India
Indian nurses--History.
Electronic Books.
RT5 / .I535 2014