Heroines of lonely outposts or tools of the empire? British nurses in Britain's model colony: Ceylon, 1878-1948

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-160

  Jones, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceylon; Colonialism; Hospitals; Nursing; Profession

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COLONIALISM; CULTURE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 4544344945     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2004.00224.x     Document Type: Review

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