Reimagining nursing's place in the history of clinical practice.
This work posits how medical history might be conceptualized if nurses and nursing history was used as the analytical lens. Nursing is seen not as a separate part or subsection of medical history, but rather one that is deeply embedded in the relationships and social order of clinical practice. Nursing is an analytical category in and of itself. By approaching nursing as such a category, we enlarge "new notions of historical significance" to encompass personal, political, public, and private activities that constitute medical experiences.
Fairman
Julie
J
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Barbara Bates Centerfor the Study of the History of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. fairman@nursing.upenn.edu
D'Antonio
Patricia
P
D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States