PhDs in the History of Nursing

The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, at the University of Manchester welcomes applications from prospective students interested in pursuing the history of nursing and midwifery to PhD level.

Current projects include:

Role conflict amongst Republican and Nationalist nurses during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 

The role of the community matron: a case study 

A study of nursing in two rural cottage hospitals in Scotland, 1945-1974 

An oral history of nursing practice with fever patients 

The formation of a nursing identity in postcolonial

Nursing in the Outer Hebrides, 1948-2000 

Nurse/physician boundaries in the USA  and UK in the early C20th 

To apply contact Rupa Sharma at: rupa.sharma@manchester.ac.uk