Bibliograph

Florence Nightingale at first hand, Lynn McDonald

Type

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Florence Nightingale at first hand, Lynn McDonald

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Florence Nightingale at first hand

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

624404890

Responsibility statement

Lynn McDonald

Summary

Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous figures in modern history. Yet much of what we know of her emanates from unreliable second-hand accounts, and from a misreading of the primary sources. Lynn McDonald, editor of Nightingale's Collected Works, and the world's foremost Nightingale authority, aims to put this right. This is a book which reports what Florence Nightingale said and did, based on her writing, of which a massive amount survives, scattered in over two hundred archives throughout the world. Published to commemorate the centenary of Nightingale's death, McDonald's study presents a Florence Nightingale for the 21st century, as an author of great style and wit, a systems thinker and pioneering public health reformer--the heroine and nurse were only the start.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

A quick sketch of Florence Nightingale's life -- The social reformer -- War -- Health care, nursing and midwifery -- Workhouse infirmaries and hospitals -- India and empire -- Nightingale's legacy

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