The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factorswhich have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education.Anne Marie ... » 

The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factorswhich have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education.Anne Marie Rafferty makes a critical reappraisal of Florence Nightingalesvision of nursing and looks at how training and policymaking have evolved fromthe origins of hospital reform in the 1860s to the start of the National HealthService in 1948.Highlighting the contemporary issues confronting all those in training thebook questions the extent to which nursing fits into the mould of both aprofession and an academic discipline. Based on substantial new research ThePolitics of Nursing Knowledge is a valuable resource for nursing students atundergraduate and postgraduate levels. «