Dr. Jane Brooks
Position in UKCHNM
Web Mistress
Affiliations
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester
History of Nursing Society, Royal College of Nursing
Qualifications
Academic qualifications
BA (hons) Religious Studies
MA Healthcare Ethics
Doctor of Philosophy (History of Nursing)
Professional qualifications
Registered General Nurse
PG Dip (Nursing) Education
PG Cert Advanced Nursing Practice
Publications
BROOKS, J. & RAFFERTY,A.M. (2007) Dress and Distinction in Nursing, 1860-1945: ‘A corporate (as well as corporeal) armour of probity and purity’.Women's History Review. 16, 1, 41-57
BROOKS, J. (2007) ‘Women in-between’: The ambiguous position of the sister tutor, 1910-1960.Nurse Education Today. 27, 169-175
BROOKS, J.(2006) 'Visiting rights only’: The Diplomas in Nursing in the UK in the inter-war period. Nursing Inquiry. 13, 4, 269-276
BROOKS, J. (2006) Winifred Hector. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, OUP
BROOKS, J. (2001) Structured by class, bound by gender: Nursing and special probationer schemes, 1860-1939. International History of Nursing Journal. 6, 2. Spring, 13-21
BROOKS, J. (2000) Ghost of the past: Capturing history and the history of nursing. International History of Nursing Journal. 5, 2. Spring, 36-41
BROOKS, J. (1999) Nursing in the academy: The early attempts. Wellcome History. 9. February, 8
BROOKS, J. & CRUMP,A. (1998) Breaking down the barriers. Elderly Care. 10, 3. June/July, 37
BROOKS, J. (1996) Non-compliance to treatment: can professionals ethically refuse to treat? EDTNA-ERCA XXII 1. February, pp.26-28
Work in progress
I am in the process of completing papers on the attempts to develop undergraduate pre-registration degrees in nursing in the C20 and the ambiguities of health visitors’ role in the same time period.
Teaching
MPhil/PhD supervision
Masters level historical methods module
History of nursing on request for diploma and undergraduate nurses
Continuing care BNurs programme
Contact details
Work address
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
University Place
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Work phone number
0161 306 7636
