Heroine out of focus: media images of Florence Nightingale. Part I. Popular biographies and stage productions.
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T legend of Florence Nightingale (1 820-19101, the reclusive Victorian reformer known primarily as the founder of modern nursing, continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination 12 decades aher her ret irement from public life. The legend recalls a series of specific images. all of which originated during her 21-month mission in the Crimea, 1854-1856. These images include visions of a
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing & health care : official publication of the National League for Nursing
دوره 4 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983