The 'order of things': Tracing a history of the present through a re-reading of the past in nursing education

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-118

  Walker, Kim ^a   Holmes, Colin A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; History; Patriarchy; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION;

EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 60549091430     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.30.2.106     Document Type: Article

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