A Change Agent: Florence Nightingale and Medical Reform

Abraham Zaleznik

Chapter 6 in Hedgehogs and Foxes, 2008, pp 77-94 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In June 1849 Florence Nightingale, then age 29, refused a proposal of marriage. Richard Monckton Milnes had been persistent in his courtship. For the last time, he insisted that Nightingale make up her mind. This she did.

Keywords: Change Agent; Sanitary Condition; Military Hospital; Nursing Service; Hospital Nursing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230614154_6

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