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Nursing Shifts in Sichuan is a testament to the resilience of educated women, exploring modern nursing as one of the most consequential additions to health care in early-twentieth-century China.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Before the PUMC Closure

1 China Calling (1914–1933)

2 Unsettling Nursing (1932–1940)

3 Shifting Missions (1936–1940)

4 The Bomb that Changed Everything (1940–1942)

Part 2: After the PUMC Closure

5 Starting over in West China (1943–1945)

6 Fighting the Foundation’s “Darling Child” (1943–1946)

7 “Our Triumphant Return” (1946–1949)

8 The Last Chapter (1949–1951)

Conclusion

Appendix 1 List of Nurses at the West China Mission

Appendix 2 PUMC Nursing Faculty to 1949

Appendix 3 List of All Interned Nurses in China

Appendix 4 PUMC Nursing Graduates to 1939

Notes; References; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 15/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9780774865722, 978-0774865722
      ISBN10: 0774865725
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      History of medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nursing Shifts in Sichuan is a testament to the resilience of educated women, exploring modern nursing as one of the most consequential additions to health care in early-twentieth-century China.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Part 1: Before the PUMC Closure

      1 China Calling (1914–1933)

      2 Unsettling Nursing (1932–1940)

      3 Shifting Missions (1936–1940)

      4 The Bomb that Changed Everything (1940–1942)

      Part 2: After the PUMC Closure

      5 Starting over in West China (1943–1945)

      6 Fighting the Foundation’s “Darling Child” (1943–1946)

      7 “Our Triumphant Return” (1946–1949)

      8 The Last Chapter (1949–1951)

      Conclusion

      Appendix 1 List of Nurses at the West China Mission

      Appendix 2 PUMC Nursing Faculty to 1949

      Appendix 3 List of All Interned Nurses in China

      Appendix 4 PUMC Nursing Graduates to 1939

      Notes; References; Index

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