Gender and professional identity in psychiatric nursing practice in Alberta, Canada, 1930-75

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-255

  Boschma, Geertje ^a   Yonge, Olive ^b   Mychajlunow, Lorraine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Association of Registered Nurses   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender and history; History of psychiatric nursing Alberta, Canada twentieth century; History of psychiatry; Mental healthcare history Alberta, Canada twentieth century; Nursing history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

ALBERTA; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 33644876670     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2005.00287.x     Document Type: Review

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