| Description |
ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: 1. Nursing myths and medical realities : early images of the television nurse, 1950s -- 2. The freezing of an image, 1960s -- 3. Close-up : major M.D.s and minor R.N.s in the 1970s -- 4. Stock footage : nurses and physicians in short-lived medical dramas, 1970s -- 5. Sounds of laughter : nurses in situation comedies of the 1970s -- 6. Suspended moments : nurses in 1970s action-adventure series -- 7. Mixed bag : two classics, one early demise, and two lightweights -- 8. Montage : fragmentary images of television nursing -- 9. Join us tomorrow : nurse characters in daytime drama -- 10. Perspectives on the image of nursing on television |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 201-206 |
| Subject |
Nurses on television.
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Television programs -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Television programs -- United States -- History.
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| Author |
Kalisch, Beatrice J., 1943-
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Scobey, Margaret.
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| LC no. |
82010772 |
| ISBN |
0826138705 |
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