From angels to handmaidens: Changing constructions of nursing's public image in post-war Britain

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-42

  Hallam, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Nursing; Public image; Recruitment; Representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032012424     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1998.510032.x     Document Type: Article

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