Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War.

• Autores: Elizabeth Fee, Mary E. Garofalo
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 100, Nº. 9, 2010, págs. 1591-1591
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article presents an overview of the efforts that nurse Florence Nightingale made to improve the sanitary conditions of a military hospital in Scutari, Turkey during the Crimean War and to improve the health and hygiene of British soldiers who were patients at the hospital. A discussion of the impact that Nightingale's work had on efforts to bring attention to the importance of public health is presented. Nightingale's popularity and reputation in Great Britain are discussed.