{"product_id":"florence-nightingale-on-public-health-care-9780889204461","title":"Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e This sixth volume in the \u003ci\u003eCollected Works of Florence Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e reports Nightingale's considerable accomplishments in the development of a public health care system based on health promotion and disease prevention. It follows directly from her understanding of social science and broader social reform activities, which were related in \u003ci\u003eSociety and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Volume 5). \u003ci\u003ePublic Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e includes a critical edition of \u003ci\u003eNotes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes\u003c\/i\u003e, papers on mortality in aboriginal schools and hospitals, and on rural health. It reports much unknown material on Nightingale's signal contribution of bringing professional nursing into the dreaded workhouse infirmaries. This collection presents letters and notes on a wide range of issues from specific diseases to germ theory, and relates some of her own extensive work as a nurse practitioner, which included organizing referrals to doctors and providing related care. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889204461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcDonald, Lynn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLynn McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e, director of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Works of Florence Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, is university professor emerita at the University of Guelph. She is an environmentalist, a former member of parliament, a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and a long-time activist on womens issues. She has an honorary doctorate from York University. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41262123057267,"sku":"9.78089E+12","price":268.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2da1f626-ba90-4de6-a833-1e13a76ec674.jpg?v=1705503288","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/florence-nightingale-on-public-health-care-9780889204461","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}