Caregiving on the Periphery : Historical Perspectives on Nursing and Midwifery in Canada PDF
by Myra Rutherdale
Part of the McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society series
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Assembling scholars from nursing, women's studies, geography, native studies, and history, this volume looks at the experience of nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Saskatchewan, northern British Columbia, and the Arctic and features essays on topics such as Mennonite midwives in Western Canada, missionary nurses, and Aboriginal nursing assistants in the Yukon.
Contributors illuminate the larger themes of religion, colonialism, social divisions, and native-newcomer relations.
Special attention is paid to nursing in Aboriginal communities and the relations of race to medical work, particularly in connection to ideas of British ethnicity and conceptualized meanings of "whiteness." An informative collection of fascinating works, Caregiving on the Periphery provides insight into the history of medicine in Canada and the long-established importance of women for the country's wellbeing.
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- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:19/04/2010
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- ISBN:9780773590816
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:19/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780773590816
