The Social Construction of Intensive Care Nursing, 1960-2002: Canadian Historical Perspectives

Intensive care units (ICUs) emerged across Canada during the early 1960s, significantly contributing to the image of Western hospitals as places of scientific advancement that predominated over much of the twentieth century. ICUs rapidly became both a resource intensive and expensive type of care a...

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Main Author: Vanderspank, Brandi
Other Authors: Toman, Cynthia
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30922
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3653