The Rise of Mental Health Nursing

A History of Psychiatric Care in Dutch Asylums, 1890-1920

Authors: Geertje Boschma Publisher: Amsterdam University Press Publication date: 2003 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 324 Publication formats: EAN: 9789048505074 ISBN: 9789048505074 Category: Clinical & internal medicine Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note: -

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A unique analysis of psychiatric care and the emerging field of mental health nursing in the Netherlands at the turn of the 19th century

Contents 6
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 16
Chapter I. Asylum Reform Ideals: Personnel Matters 32
Chapter II. The Ideal of a Mental Hospital 60
Chapter III. Female Compassion: Mental Nurse Training Gendered Female 82
Chapter IV. The Burdensome Task of Nurses 114
Chapter V. Negotiating Class and Culture 142
Chapter VI. The Marginalization of Male Nurses 176
Chapter VII. Controversy and Conflict over the Social Position of Nurses 198
Conclusion: The Politics of Mental Health Nursing 226
Appendix 236
Notes 242
List of Illustrations 290
List of Abbreviations 292

Contents 6
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 16
Chapter I. Asylum Reform Ideals: Personnel Matters 32
Chapter II. The Ideal of a Mental Hospital 60
Chapter III. Female Compassion: Mental Nurse Training Gendered Female 82
Chapter IV. The Burdensome Task of Nurses 114
Chapter V. Negotiating Class and Culture 142
Chapter VI. The Marginalization of Male Nurses 176
Chapter VII. Controversy and Conflict over the Social Position of Nurses 198
Conclusion: The Politics of Mental Health Nursing 226
Appendix 236
Notes 242
List of Illustrations 290
List of Abbreviations 292
List of Archives 294
Bibliography 298
Index 314

A History of Psychiatric Care in Dutch Asylums, 1890-1920

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