Florence Nightingale and hospital reform

Demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and report on her correspondence with royalty, viceroys and leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. This book confirms Nightingale as a significant nineteenth-century scholar and illustrate how she inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 (-)
Otros Autores: McDonald, Lynn, 1940-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press [2012]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Collected works of Florence Nightingale ; 16.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and report on her correspondence with royalty, viceroys and leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. This book confirms Nightingale as a significant nineteenth-century scholar and illustrate how she integrated her scholarship with political activism.
Notas:This, the final volume of the series, contains material that permits an overview a central concern of Nightingale's working life-- hospital reform. Subjects range from her early work on army hospitals and her far larger output on civil hospitals to her use of statistics and other research on the health of the population at large--Introduction.
Descripción Física:989 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781554582884