Healing Henan

by Grypma, Sonya

• ISBN13: 9780774813990
• ISBN10: 0774813997
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-31
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

Set against a backdrop of war and revolution, Healing Henan brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing. From the time Presbyterian (later United Church) missionaries arrived in China in 1888 until the abrupt closure of the North China Mission in 1947, Canadian nurses were ubiquitous in Henan. As China underwent a tumultuous transition from dynastic kingdom to independent republic, Canadian nurses advanced a version of hospital-based nursing education and practice that rivaled modern nursing care in Canada. As the first comprehensive study of missionary nursing in China, it will be of particular interest to nurses and missionaries, and to historians of Canada, China, nursing, medicine, women's work, and missions.

Author Biography

Sonya Grypma is an associate professor of nursing at Trinity Western University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of Spellings	p. xvii
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
The Gospel of Soap and Water, 1888-1900	p. 25
Visions Interrupted, 1901-20	p. 50
Modern Nursing at Last, 1921-27	p. 73
Golden Years, 1928-37	p. 105
Scattered Dreams, 1937-40	p. 137
War Years, 1941-45	p. 164
The Last Days, 1946-47	p. 191
Conclusion: Creating a Cloistered Space	p. 219
Epilogue: Return to Henan, 2003	p. 231
Appendices
Missionary nurses at the North China Mission (NCM)	p. 237
WMS nurses who resigned to be married	p. 240
Three types of missionary nurses	p. 241
Missionary nurse education	p. 242
Summary of 1947 Confidential Report	p. 245
Notes	p. 246
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 281
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