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- Title
A historical description of the tensions in the development of modern nursing in nineteenth-century Britain and their influence on contemporary debates about evidence and practice.
- Authors
Traynor, Michael
- Abstract
Modern British nursing developed from the mid-nineteenth century and was seen as a morally purifying activity and as a potential force for social cohesion. It was also considered an activity fit for women. However, it embodied a fundamental tension within Victorian sensibility between a kind of rationalistic utilitarianism and a faith in transcendent values. This paper explores this tension and suggests that it can be detected in current debates about practice and evidence in nursing in the contemporary context of a rise of managerialism in public services.
- Publication
Nursing inquiry, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 4, p299
- ISSN
1320-7881
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00381.x