Devices & desires: gender, technology, and American nursing

The author traces the relationship between nursing and technology from the 1870s to the present. She argues that while technology has helped shape and intensify persistent dilemmas in nursing, it has also both advanced and impeded the development of the nursing profession.

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Main Author: Sandelowski, Margarete (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2000
Series:Studies in social medicine
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Summary:The author traces the relationship between nursing and technology from the 1870s to the present. She argues that while technology has helped shape and intensify persistent dilemmas in nursing, it has also both advanced and impeded the development of the nursing profession.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index
Physical Description:xvii, 295 p. ill. : 25 cm
ISBN:0807825794
080784893X

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