[.ca] Collected Works of Florence Nightingale: Volume 5: ... (ISBN 0889204292)

Good for Historians:
This is a great historical study, with the majority of the text dedicated to reprinting mass amounts of letters between Florence and her family and friends. Most of the letters are written by her, but there are others from her family and friends to her or about her. A great resource for those who wish to get to know what Florence Nightingale was really like in her daily life. This is also a great resource in that the editor outlines a basic biography of Florence's life, and offers footnotes throughout the book to inform the reader of who the people that Florence writes about were and their significance.

A superb primary source of wisdom and insight:
Florence Nightingale On Public Health Care is the sixth volume in the Wilfrid Laurier University Press "Collected Works Of Florence Nightingale" series, which gathers all available and surviving writing by Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the famous heroine of the Crimean War and major founder of the nursing profession. Some of Nightingale's writings see print for the first time in these robust compendiums. Public Health Care includes Nightingale's "Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes"; papers on mortality in schools and hospitals; considerations on rural health; and Nightingale's experience bringing nursing into hellish workhouse infirmaries. A superb primary source of wisdom and insight that transcends centuries, very highly recommended for medical science history and reference shelves, and a seminal foundational study offering revelations of practical problems and ethical dilemmas that holds value for all students, scholars, scientists, and practitioners of modern medicine, Florence Nightingale On Public Health Care is an impressive addition to any academic or professional History of Medicine reference collection.