Scholarly monographs, edited volumes, and historical publications exploring nursing history and healthcare practice across Europe.
Featuring the testimony of twenty-six nurses and one midwife, He Died in My Arms captures the untold oral history of frontline care during the UK AIDS epidemic. Authors Jane Bruton, Siân Edwards, and Martin Jones document how clinical staff dismantled entrenched traditions to advocate for patient dignity and revolutionary HIV care.
Edited by David S. Stewart and Pauline Woodhouse, A History of Nursing in Nottinghamshire, 1830–1948 provides the first dedicated regional study of provincial English nursing. Challenging London-centric narratives and standard accounts of Nightingale reforms, this volume highlights local nurse registration campaigns and institutional developments.
Arlene W. Keeling’s Harbor of Hope uncovers the history of the Boston Floating Hospital and the nurses who transformed paediatric care. Examining late nineteenth-century infant mortality and hospital boats, the book highlights how nurse-led care and clinical observation saved thousands of children from deadly summer gastrointestinal illnesses.
Sarah Rogers’ biography of Eva Lückes, influential matron at The London Hospital, examines her four-decade leadership and partnership with Florence Nightingale. Grounded in doctoral research, the volume illuminates Victorian and Edwardian nursing reform.
If you are fascinated by the intricate dynamics of gender, healthcare, and political history, the Le infermiere del Duce book is an essential addition to your reading list. Authored by […]
The history of nursing education in Slovenia reached a prestigious milestone in 2024, marking exactly one century since the first professional nursing lessons were taught in Ljubljana in January 1924. […]
The evolution of healthcare in Central Europe is deeply intertwined with the development of protective nurses in Slovenia, a professional group that laid the essential foundations for modern nursing. To […]
The history of healthcare in the region is defined by the organized activities of nurses in Slovenia, a legacy that has been meticulously documented in the commemorative book “Preserving Heritage […]
The publication presents the rich history of surgical (operating room) nurses inSlovenia. The training of surgical nurses dates back to the late 19th and early 20thcenturies, when it was primarily […]
The book examines the historical development of community nursing in Slovenia, which has been formally organized since 1975 within the framework of the Slovenian Nurses and Midwives Association. Community nurses […]
