On All Frontiers

Four Centuries of Canadian Nursing

Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, Nicole Rousseau, Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, Nicole Rousseau

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Year: 2005
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780776640594
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Nursing has a long and varied history in Canada. Since the founding of the first hospital by the Augustine nuns in 1637, nurses have contributed greatly to Canadians' quality of life. On All Frontiers is a comprehensive history of Canadian nursing. Editors Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, and Nicole Rousseau have brought together a vast body of research into one volume. Authored by leading experts, the chapters and vignettes form an overview of the history of Canadian nursing to date. From the midwives of early Canada to urban public health nurses, from remote outposts to the battlefields of Europe, On All Frontiers documents the hardships, challenges, and achievements of Canadian nurses. Richly illustrated with archival photographs, it will prove essential to scholars of Canadian health care history.

Published in English.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Epigraph
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part One: In the Home
• Part Two: In the Hospital
• Part Three: In the Community
• Part Four: On the Frontier
• Part Five: On the Battlefield
• Part Six: In the Classroom, in the Boardroom, and on the Picket Line
• Notes
• Selected Readings
• Contributors