This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship. Covering a range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, this book draws on research from eleven different countries to address:the issues of professionalism within nursingthe social and ethical issues which are woven into the relationship between the nurse/midwife and her patient/clientthe trans-cultural dimensions nurses create when they move from one culture to another and the recent developments in historiography. | New Directions In Nursing History by Susan McGann, Paperback | Indigo Chapters