A zeal for responsibility : the struggle for professional nursing in Victorian England, 1868-1883

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvii, 214 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index. Contents: Pt. 1. St John's House and King's College Hospital -- 1. The form and functions of a nursing sisterhood -- 2. Origins of the Crisis of 1874 -- 3. Resolutions of the Crisis of 1874 -- 5. Doctors and nurses in the 1870s and the sexual division of labor -- pt. 2. The Crisis at Guy's Hospital -- 5. The issue of authority -- 6. Public debate -- 7. The Governors' investigation and the Ingle Case -- 8. Collapse and reconciliation -- pt. 3. St John's House and Its Council -- 9. Sister Aimee, Joseph Lister, and Dr. Hayes -- 10. The Council -- 11. Secession -- 12. The nursing sisters of St. John the Divine -- pt. 4. Conclusions -- 13. Status and sex in late Victorian medicine -- 14. Prestige, professionalism and the care of the sick. Subject: 1800-1899; Nursing England London History 19th century; Teaching hospitals England London Sociological aspects History 19th century; Nurse and physician England London History 19th century; History of Nursing; History, 19th Century; Hospitals; Teaching history; H�pitaux d'enseignement Angleterre Londres Aspect sociologique; Histoire 19e si�cle; Relations infirmi�re-m�decin Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e si�cle; M�decine Histoire 19e si�cle; Nurse and physician; Nursing.