European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics: Vol. 6 (2024): Nursing and Economics (Web)
Economic contexts have shaped the working conditions of nurses in various ways throughout history. Increasing marketisation in the healthcare sector has been noted and discussed since the 1960s, in particular in terms of the social and human costs for both nurses and patients. The articles in this special issue situate the marketisation of nursing in different social contexts, differentiate it from the principle of sound financial management in nursing, and thus contribute to the historicisation of the currently politically charged concept of marketisation. The articles focus on the transformation of nursing care in the second half of the 20th century and examine both the opportunities for nurses and the consequences that resulted from the adoption of market-oriented practices in the field of nursing.
Table of content (Web)
- Susanne Kreutzer and Karen Nolte: Nursing and Economics
- Susanne Kreutzer: The Economics of Christian Nursing. How the Cost of Nursing Care was Recalculated during West Germany’s Secularisation Process
- Giordano Cotichelli: Nursing Leadership during Italy’s Economic Miracle (1950–1970)
- Nicole Kramer: At the Heart of Neoliberalism. The Privatisation of Long-term Care for Older People and the Everyday History of Economic Policy Ideas in the Federal Republic of Germany and Great Britain
- Carol Helmstadter: Spreading Nigthingale Nursing. A Slow and Tortuous Process
- Christine E. Hallett: Enigmas of Imperial Nursing. Florence Nigthingale, Catherine Grace Loch and the Indian Army Nursing Service
- Mia Vrijens: Diaries of District Nurses in the Netherlands of the 1970s