title: [Nursing career of Christianity church in China and its social influence].
abstract: Nursing is an important component of modern western medicine. Modern nursing was introduced into China by western missionaries. Modern nursing education promoted the establishment of professionalization of modern nursing in China, helped the development of western medicine and western hospitals, and exerted profound influences to the lifestyle modification and the independence and liberation of women.
authors.affiliation: Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002835:Christianity; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006761:Hospitals; D066189:Missionaries
keywords: Liberation of women; Missionary; Modern nursing; Nursing education; Professionalization of nursing