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‘Gradual spiritual formation' - postcolonial mental handicap nursing in Ireland 1919-70 (2008)
Thesis
Sweeney, J. ‘Gradual spiritual formation' - postcolonial mental handicap nursing in Ireland 1919-70. (Thesis). University of Salford

In this study a postcolonial and social historical framework was utilised to examine the development of mental handicap nursing in Ireland. The research derives from a historiographical study of documentary records for the period 1919-70 in Britain... Read More about ‘Gradual spiritual formation' - postcolonial mental handicap nursing in Ireland 1919-70.

"The weakest link in the chain of nursing"? : recruitment and retention in mental health nursing, 1948-1968 (2007)
Thesis
Chatterton, C. "The weakest link in the chain of nursing"? : recruitment and retention in mental health nursing, 1948-1968. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis examines recruitment and retention in mental health nursing in England between 1948 and 1968. Its first objective is to explore the explanations that were given for the severe shortage of mental nurses that occurred in this period. The... Read More about "The weakest link in the chain of nursing"? : recruitment and retention in mental health nursing, 1948-1968.