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District nursing between the local and the international. Northern Norway 1890-1940.
(Working paper; Arbeidsnotat, 2006)
The article explores the history of voluntary district nursing in Northern Norway 1880- 1940. A popular movement of women’s associations met the tuberculosis epidemic, which peaked late in the North. District nursing was developed partly from the European movement of Christian relief and sick care, partly from local traditions of neighbourly assistance. Local girls were trained and employed by local ...