[Care and well-being: female healthcare work in response to the "social question" (1857-1936)].
The healthcare practises performed of midwives, nurses and nurse practitioners in Spain from 1857 to 1936 is analysed. This work deals with micro-history from a feminist perspective, focusing on the identity of these female collectives in the province of Almeria. Both their androcentric discourse and social attitudes towards them are taken into account in an analysis of the way they carried out their duties in comparison with the behaviour of other carers in other regions of Spain. The different types of care provided by them to smooth the "social question" can be established by studying the extent to which matrons, nurses and nurse practitioners contributed to citizens' health and social welfare at that time.
González Canalejo
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Grupo de Investigación Surclío, Departamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Universidad de Almería. canalejo@ual.es
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain