Professor Duncan Mitchell

Position in UKCHNM

Colloquium convener

Affiliations

Professor of Health and Disability, Manchester Metropolitan University

Acting Chair, History of Nursing Society, Royal College of Nursing

Publications

MITCHELL, D. & RAFFERTY, A.M. (2005) ‘I don’t think they ever really wanted to know anything about us’ staff stories in institutions for people with learning disability. Oral History. Spring, 77-87.

MITCHELL, D. (2004) Keynote Review: Learning Disability Nursing. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 32, 115-118.

MITCHELL, D. (2003) A chapter in the history of nurse education: learning disability nursing and The Jay Report. Nurse Education Today. 23, 350-356.

MITCHELL, D. & SMITH, P. (2003) Emotional labour and the history of learning disability nursing. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 7 (9) 109-117.

MITCHELL, D. (2002) A contribution to the history of learning disability nursing. NTResearch. 7 (3) 201-210.

MITCHELL, D.  (2001) Nursing and social policy in the 1930s: A discussion of mental deficiency nursing. International History of Nursing Journal . 6 (1) 56-61.

Work in progress

Mapping primary material on the nature of work with people with learning disabilities in the post WW2 period (UK).
Post graduate research supervision – history of recruitment in mental health nursing, history of intellectual disability nursing in Ireland.

Contact details

Work address

School of Psychology, Health and Social Care
Manchester Metropolitan University
Hathersage Road
Manchester
M13 OJA

Work phone number

Work phone number +44(0) 161 247 2062 or +44(0)7974 726235 (mobile with voicemail)

Email

d.mitchell@mmu.ac.uk