the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Linda Bryder.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Auckland, N.Z. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Auckland University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 352 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Community paediatrics, 1980s and 1990s -- Plunket nursing services in the late twentieth century -- A women's society? Plunket's changing image from the 1970s.
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Founding the society for promoting the health of women and children -- A professional organisation -- Plunket becomes a household word: the interwar years -- Complementary or competing services: Plunket and the medical profession in the interwar period -- Helen Deem and paediatrics, 1939-1956 -- Plunket and government, 1939-1960 -- Neil Begg and social paediatrics, 1960-1978.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The Plunket Society, founded in 1907 and familiar to all New Zealanders, is our most successful and most famous voluntary organisation. Run by women for women, it played a vital role in the care of mothers and babies for most of the twentieth century, it became a national icon and its praises were sung internationally. This comprehensive history of Plunket covers its complex relations with government on the one hand and with its clients, the mothers, on the other. Linda Bryder particularly stresses changing views on infant health and the growth of paediatrics, the political pressures applied by government and by the medical profession, the influence of some gifted women who shaped the fortunes of the society, and its diminishing impact in recent years. As any mother who has anxiously awaited the visit of the Plunket nurse knows, this was a truly remarkable institution: this book vividly shows the history, the philosophy and the commitment which lay behind it."--Jacket.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Voice for mothers.
International Standard Book Number
1869402901
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society-- History.
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society.
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society.
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Infant health services-- New Zealand-- History.
Maternal and infant welfare-- New Zealand-- History.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Infants & Toddlers.