Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession

In the years after 1868, when Japan''s long period of self-imposed isolation ended, in nursing, as in every other aspect of life, the Japanese looked to the west. This book tells the story of ''Florence Nightingale-ism'' in Japan, showing how Japanese nursing developed from 1868 to the present. It discusses how Japanese nursing adopted western models, implementing ''Nightingale-ism'' in a consciou...