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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Advance Access originally published online on March 28, 2008
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2008 63(4):435-446; doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrn018
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Reimagining Nursing's Place in the History of Clinical Practice

Julie Fairman* and Patricia D'Antonio**

Correspondence: * Julie Fairman, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Email: fairman{at}nursing.upenn.edu

Correspondence: ** Patricia D'Antonio, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Email: dantonio{at}nursing.upenn.edu


  Abstract

This work posits how medical history might be conceptualized if nurses and nursing history was used as the analytical lens. Nursing is seen not as a separate part or subsection of medical history, but rather one that is deeply embedded in the relationships and social order of clinical practice. Nursing is an analytical category in and of itself. By approaching nursing as such a category, we enlarge "new notions of historical significance" to encompass personal, political, public, and private activities that constitute medical experiences.

Key Words: nursing history • nurses • nurse practitioners • gender • medical history • clinical practice


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