Florence Nightingale : mystic, visionary, healer /

"Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer" showcases the life of the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale was a woman who was greatly influential in many disciplines, among them public health and infection control, women's studies, sociology and the environment. Many of her t...

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Main Author: Dossey, Barbara Montgomery
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springhouse, PA : Springhouse Corp., 2000
Springhouse, PA : [2000], ©2000
Springhouse, PA : c2000
Springhouse, Pa. : c2000
Springhouse, Pa. : ©2000
Springhouse, Pa. : [2000]
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The early years (1820-1854).
  • Pt. 2. The Crimean War years (1854-1856).
  • Pt. 3. Post-war years (1856-1861).
  • Pt. 4. Reform years (1862-1879).
  • Pt. 5. Later years (1880-1910)
  • Pt. 1 The Early Years (1820-1854). Ch. 1. A Different Kind of Child. Ch. 2. Call & Awakening. Ch. 3. Egypt, Greece, & Kaiserswerth. Ch. 4. Harley Street
  • Pt. 2. Crimean War Years (1854-1856). Ch. 5. Departure for the East. Ch. 6. "The Whole Army is Coming" Ch. 7. Commissions, Illness, & Accolades. Ch. 8. Achieving Command & Control
  • Pt. 3. Post-War Years (1856-1861). Ch. 9. "At the Altar of the Murdered Men" Ch. 10. The Drive for Army Reform. Ch. 11. Nurses Training & Health Statistics. Ch. 12. Literary Fame & Personal Misfortune
  • Pt. 4. Reform Years (1862-1879). Ch. 13. Private Life. Ch. 14. Sanitation for a Subcontinent. Ch. 15. Nursing Reform & Progress for Women. Ch. 16. Spiritual Surrender & Mysticism
  • Pt. 5. Later Years (1880-1910). Ch. 17. Years of Loss. Ch. 18. The Birth of Indian Nationalism. Ch. 19. Nursing Moves Forward. Ch. 20. Union with the Divine. Nightingale & the Western Tradition of Mysticism
  • The Case for Brucellosis
  • Nightingale's Personality Type