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Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer (Deluxe Edition)
By
Barbara Mongomery Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, Holistic Nursing Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2282-1
ISBN-10: 0-8036-2282-1
448 pp.
283 ill.
Soft cover.
©2009
Available now.
$110.00
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Scientist, philosopher, visionary, mystic, healer, reformer, activist, feminist, politician.
This lavishly illustrated biography celebrates the life and work of Florence Nightingale on the 100th anniversary of her death. With meticulous scholarship, the author documents the struggles and achievements of a woman who defied the conventions and standards of Victorian England to blaze her own path. Archival photographs, drawings, letters, maps, and a riveting narrative create a portrait of this complex, larger than life woman who is still a source of inspiration today.
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- Introduction and Preface commemorating her life and work on the 100th anniversary of her death.
- A comprehensive, exceptionally well researched and much praised biography of the founder of modern nursing and her impact on all aspects of health care.
- Epilogue with images from the Florence Nightingale Museum and information on the Nightingale Global Initiative.
- Extensive appendices featuring...a family tree • a timeline • a complete listing of her writings • and more.
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5 Stars!
“It is fascinating to read and lovely to look at and would make an exceptional addition to a nursing or personal library. This is a one-of-a-kind, artistic history of the life of a nursing icon.”—Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service
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CONTENTS
Preface
- The Early Years (1820-1854)
- A Different Kind of Child
- Call & Awakening
- Egypt, Greece, & Kaiserswerth
- Harley Street
- Crimean War Years (1854-1856)
- Departure for the East
- "The Whole Army is Coming"
- Commissions, Illness, & Accolades
- Achieving Command & Control
- Post-War Years (1856-1861)
- "At the Altar of the Murdered Men"
- The Drive for Army Reform
- Nurses Training & Health Statistics
- Literary Fame & Personal Misfortune
- Reform Years (1862-1879)
- Private Life
- Sanitation for a Subcontinent
- Nursing Reform & Progress for Women
- Spiritual Surrender & Mysticism
- Later Years (1880-1910)
- Years of Loss
- The Birth of Indian Nationalism
- Nursing Moves Forward
- Union with the Divine
- Appendices
- Pilgrimate to Scutari
- Family Tree
- Timeline
- Significant Family, Friends, and Correspondents
- Nightingale & the Western Tradition of Mysticism
- The Case for Brucellosis
- Nightingale's Personality Type
- Written Works
- Chapter Notes
& - References
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