Indian Sisters : A History of Nursing and the State, 1907-2007.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A Nurse Abroad -- 1. The Institution of Modern Nursing in Indian Society -- Upward Mobility -- 2. Lighting India's Lamp: Nursing Leadership and the Colonial State, 1905-47 -- An Illustrious Career -- 3. 'Seeds That May Have Been Planted May Take Root': International Aid Nurses and Projects of Professionalism, 1947-65 -- Nursing the Community -- 4. From Green Park to Bollywood: The Development of Nursing Organisation, 1947-2006 -- A Parsi Nurse in UP -- 5. The Indian State and the Disappearing Nurse -- The Dean -- 6. 'Nurses Anytime': Emigration and the Status Question -- Conclusion: The Four Feet upon which a Cure must Rest -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

A comprehensive account of the development of nursing in India from 1907-2007, the book critiques conventional explanations for the low status of nursing as attributable to cultural factors, and shifts the focus to the problematic and neglected relationship between the state and professional nursing organisations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.