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Author Burchill, Elizabeth, author

Title Australian nurses since Nightingale, 1860-1990 / by Elizabeth Burchill ; edited by John Morley
Published Richmond, Vic. : Spectrum Publications, 1992
Richmond, Vic : Spectrum Publications, 1992

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 MELB  610.730994 Bur/Ans  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection
Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection
Contents 1. Origins of the nursing tradition -- 2. Nightingale nurses in Australia -- 3. Nurses on wheels - district nursing -- 4. Nurses on horseback - bush nursing -- 5. "Save the babies" - infant welfare -- 6. The border nurses -- 7. Male nurses -- 8. Army nurses -- Interlude - expanding horizons -- 9. Nurses with banners - the 1985 strike -- 10. One nurse's history
Summary Origins of the nursing tradition - Nightingale nurses in Australia - District nursing - Bush nursing - Infant welfare - Border nurses - Male nurses - Army nurses - Expanding horizons - The 1985 strike - Elizabeth Burchill's story
Analysis Nursing--Australia--History
Nursing--Victoria--History
Notes CIP changed: Former title was Australian nursing since Nightingale
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index
Subject Nursing -- Australia -- History.
Nursing -- History -- Australia.
Nurses -- Australia.
Nursing -- Australia -- History.
Nursing -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
History of Nursing.
History of Nursing.
SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Author Morley, John, 1942- editor
LC no. 93205524
ISBN 0867861428 (paperback)