Work

Reimagining Nursing's Place in the History of Clinical Practice

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: This work posits how medical history might be conceptualized if nurses and nursing history was used as the analytical lens. Nursing is seen not as a separate part or subsection of medical history, but rather one that is deeply embedded in the relationships and social order of clinical practice. Nursing is an analytical category in and of itself. By approaching nursing as such a category, we enlarge "new notions of historical significance" to encompass personal, political, public, and private activities that constitute medical experiences.

Source: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrn018

Authors: J. Fairman, P. D'Antonio

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Medicine

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Awards: G2588595286, History of Nurse Practitioner Movement, G7612201919