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Caring for our children : the history of nursing, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

McInnes, Margaret2006
Book
Caring for our children describes the origins of nursing in a hospital founded as a charitable institution, in a cottage in Carlton, in 1870.
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, ©2006.
Collation:
xi, 380 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 372-374.
Contents:
pt. 1. 1870-1900 -- 1. Foundation of a Children's Hospital -- 2. The dawn of professionalism -- 3. A growing worlkforce -- pt. 2. 1900-1924 -- 4. The years of Miss Player -- 5. The War years -- 6. War nurses return -- pt. 3. 1924-1947 -- 7. Between the Wars -- 8. Nursing disabled children -- 9. The years of World War Two -- pt. 4. 1947-1962 -- 10. A new era -- pt. 5. 1963-1987 -- 11. A new hospital -- 12. Intensive care and theatre nursing -- 13. Transition top Tertiary education -- 14. Special nursing.
ISBN:
1740971191 (pbk)97817409711951740971191 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.1989200099451362.19892362.1989
Language:
English
BRN:
21456
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