"Nurses as health evangelists"?: The evolution of public health nursing in Canada, 1918-1939

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-51

  Duncan, Susan M ^a   Leipert, Beverly D ^a   Mill, Judy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community organization; History; Leadership; Public health; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0033185998     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199909000-00005     Document Type: Review

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