title: Skip to the loo, my darlin': Urinary incontinence 1850-present.
abstract: This article propels the reader back in time to the mid-1800s and then journeys forward to the present day to look at the recorded knowledge of urinary incontinence (UI) and prevailing interventions of the era. A literature review was conducted to provide a historical framework for the development of theories, treatments, and interventions of UI during this period. The interventions necessitate looking at the concurrent development of medicine and the rise of nursing. A variety of sources are used to offer interdisciplinary approaches flavored with events of the time. Attitudes held toward the development of nursing under the aegis of medicine color the entire article.
authors.affiliation: West Palm Beach Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000266:history* / Q000451:nursing