Article ID: CBB001213541

Nineteenth-Century Nurses and Midwives in Three Canadian Cities, 1861--1891 (2013)

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This paper focuses on nurses and midwives in Montreal, Halifax, and Saint John in the decades leading up to the introduction of trained nurses. Self-employed (private) nurses are compared with those in hospitals. overwhelmingly of the working-class, predominantly women, and frequently widows, the nurses were not formally trained, though some midwives were. Comparisons are made between nurses and midwives in Montreal, Halifax, Saint John, and their counterparts in Toronto. The changing fortunes of midwives during the era are also discussed. Cet article s'intéresse aux pratiques des infirmières et des sagesfemmes de Montréal, d'Halifax et de Saint-Jean, au 19e siècle, soit avant l'arrivée des infirmières diplômées. C'est-à-dire, au cours des décennies durant lesquelles les infirmières, surtout des femmes de la classe ouvrière et ouvent des veuves, travaillaient sans avoir reçu une formation particulière. Des comparaisons sont faites entre les infirmières ayant une pratique privée et celles oeuvrant en milieu hospitalier ainsi qu'avec leurs homologues de Toronto. Les fortunes changeantes des sages-femmes de l'époque sont également discutées.

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Authors & Contributors
Soine, Aeleah
Audrey Hasegawa
Tunc, Tanfer Emin
Toman, Cynthia
Thifault, Marie-Claude
Stanley, Heather
Concepts
Professions and professionalization
Nurses and nursing
Nurse midwives
Medicine
Obstetrics and pregnancy
Physicians; doctors
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Bahia (Brazil)
England
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